Clarification

School Building Committee member Peter Sugar has requested a clarification to his remarks in the May 14 article headlined “SBC to make reduced request for school items at June Town Meeting.” At the SBC meeting, he was expressing the sentiment that the committee should assure the inclusion of the previously trimmed items by electing to pay for them using the construction contingency fund, rather than facing the uncertainty of voter sentiment at the Town Meeting on June 13 and/or a Special Town Meeting in the fall. The contingency fund could be replenished if it runs out later in the project, he noted.)

Sugar also said that, because of the construction schedule, the items totaling $828,945 will cost more if they are not approved in June, even if voters decide to add them back later. (The deadlines vary; for the louvers and the auditorium divider, it’s July 1, and for the glass wall and seat, it’s September 1.)