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This letter and comments are all valid points and concerns. No buildings are sustainable long term (at half or full capacity) under the current school budget and long term/joint planning by the City and schools needs to occur to obtain any significant long term improvements to the schools. While this plan addresses the current capacity issue and saves money that can go toward minimal improvements, it does not address the long term future of our City/schools and if implemented, will hopefully not inhibit future options. (I do have some concern that the implementation of this plan will tie up administration's time to focus on the long term planning and the use of an experienced consultant would be a wise investment) In an ideal world, the long range plan is developed first, then the phased action plans follow, but given the financial issues and capacity issues, it is understandable that the schools take an immediate action. The past year or so of developing and proposing short term options has created awareness and hopefully increased public support for longer term solutions. Whether or not you agree with the proposal, I hope the school committee, planning committee, administration, and residents will all acknowledge that this is a short term/immediate solution and should not replace long term planning that is long overdue.( I would suggest a name change of the proposal, it opens the committee up for criticism and implies that the long range plan is complete which hopefully is not the intent.)

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