Regional educational service center LEARN is moving forward with its plans to acquire the vacant Southwest School building from the town. LEARN’s Board of Directors voted Friday to authorize Executive Director Kate Ericson to buy the 15.3-acre property and school building at 51 Daniels Ave. for $1. LEARN will use the site to construct a $95 million bilingual early childhood school that will encourage students to retain their home languages. The LEARN Board of Directors submitted a funding grant in June to the state for review. The General Assembly would not approve any potential funding until next spring, Ericson said. LEARN’s goal is to begin designing and then building the school next July with an opening projected for 2027. The current school would be demolished.
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