Sidewalks Needed Near Schools

School board vice chairman wants to discuss the issue with selectmen.

Westborough school officials should discuss with selectmen building sidewalks on the roads near the schools without them, school committee Vice Chairman Stephen Doret says. Doret’s suggestion came during the school committee’s budget public hearing Wednesday night. The board voted to present a $42,694,208 budget request, a 3.07 percent increase, to voters at the March 16 annual town meeting. The figure does not include a school transportation fee. The board had discussed charging $200 per child, with a $500 family cap, to students in grades seven to 12, and to students in Kindergarten to grade six living within two miles of their school. The fee would raise a projected $240,000 if voters don’t support the budget request. Cuts would be the …

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