The Oldham School Committee is scheduled to hold a meeting on Monday night to formally evaluate whether the general contractor has successfully satisfied strict construction deadlines established for the completion of the new elementary school building.
Contractor Deadlines and School Readiness
The school committee previously instituted an August 21 cut-off date for completing all interior construction work, alongside a September 15 deadline for finishing exterior details. As of yet, the committee has not officially ruled on whether general contractor Melvin Goverman met the initial interior deadline, though a representative for the project’s architectural firm indicated that interior work was “pretty much” completed.
Despite the ongoing review of construction punch-list items for a building that originally opened late last winter, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Philip Coakley confirmed that the facility is completely prepared to welcome students for classroom instruction. Following a comprehensive on-site inspection of all Norwood public schools, Dr. Coakley reported that every building across town successfully completed summer refurbishing projects, leaving all facilities “completely operational” for today’s school openings.
Dr. Coakley emphasized that school administrators evaluated the Oldham facility primarily to ensure that essential safety and hygienic standards were fully satisfied, both of which passed inspection.
Board of Selectmen Delay License for Hills Department Store Food Counter
In municipal business, the Board of Selectmen voted to defer action on a Common Victualer’s license application submitted by Mrs. Mary H. Halligan of 14 Bright St. pending the receipt of a formal Board of Health report.
Mrs. Halligan appeared before the selectmen this week to outline her plans to operate a food counter at Hills Department Store, located within the Star Market Shopping Center on Nahatan Street. While the board noted that a favorable background report had already been returned by the Norwood Police Department, municipal regulations require a satisfactory Board of Health inspection and report prior to the final issuance of any commercial victualer license.
Archival Note: This article has been dynamically reconstructed from the original public record print archives of the Patriot Ledger
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School Committee Considers New School Sites-March 22, 1962
NORWOOD, Mar, 22 -Arthur B. Rodgers, chairman of the School Housing Study Committee which is responsible for the long-range projection of the towns future school needs, has requested information from the School Committee on its plans for new schools. Being considered by the School Committee are the possibilities of the construction of a second junior…
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Redecorating Of School Interiors Is Recommended-February 9, 1950
Purchase Of Land For New Stands At High School Also Urged By Supt. Lynch Recommendations for the improvement of the present school plant before the town faced with the problem of new construction were advanced by School Superintendent Lincoln D. Lynch, as principal speaker at the February meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night…
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