WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. By John F. Bailey.  January 18, 2006: After two hours and forty-five minutes of discussion and information from its architects, the Board of Education's Peter Bassano, Terence McGuire and Maria Tratoros were not convinced that building a new Post Road School was the best way to cope with an elementary school enrollment that the school district demographer said would grow to over 3,000 students by 2015.

School Board Listening to Terrence Schruers at last night's Board of Education Bond Discussion at Homeside Lane. Photo, WPCNR News.

At the close of the meeting, Superintendent of Schools Timothy Connors passionately urged the building of a new school as the right thing to do. Donna McLaughlin, Board President repeatedly asked the three what more did they need to be convinced of the need for the new school.  

Lead by Bassano and Tratoros, the three asked for more due diligence as to why the 15 classrooms needed could not be built as additions to other schools instead of the $36 Million Post Road School.

The three football player parents (McGuire, McLaughlin and Tratoros) on the board appeared fully behind spending  $9.3 Million to build artificial turf stadia at the high school and the Highlands as part of the $66,769, 926 bond being considered. A decision on the bond, Mr. Connors said, would hopefully be made by early February.