Comments heard at Plainfield school, on study of closing it

People packed the stands in the Plainfield School gym, 87 signed in, and several offered comment at a listening session Tuesday, March 27 on the divisive issue the Nashua-Plainfield School Board is studying.“The board would like your input on the potential possibility of closing the Plainfield school,” said Dr. David Else, who is conducting the feasibility study on this topic, and who once headed the school superintendent program at the University of Northern Iowa.Even though the crowd was told many of the questions would not be answered that night, some simple questions were.The feasibility study relevant to finances, enrollment and the facility will be presented at a Monday, April 16 school board meeting, and many questions will be answered then, Else said. The school board is scheduled to act on the study at its Monday, April 30 meeting. Agendas are subject to change until the agenda deadline, a business day before a public meeting.
Read the full story in the April 4 Nashua Reporter and a later issue of the New Hampton Tribune.