Volume 23, Number 5
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Friday, May 3, 2019
Future of Korn building still uncertain By Bailey Wright Record-Journal staff
At its next meeting, the Regional School District 13 Board of Education is expected to consider whether to raze the former Korn School building or further analyze usage options, including leasing it for outside use.
cis passed the baton back to the school district after the town voted in December not to turn the empty school, 144 Pickett Lane, into a community center.
During a utilization meeting on April 25 – which Francis and Middlefield First Selectman Edward Bailey attended – Francis extended an offer to partner with the school disDurham First Selectman Laura Fran- trict as a revenue source, but de-
clined to drive any new proposals for the empty school. “If you decide that you agree that it's a community asset, then I would love to partner with you and help utilize the space,” Francis said. Specifically, the town would use the space for services currently being offered at the Durham Activity Center, 350 Main St.
Plans for memorial yurt take shape
She said the town budgets about $56,000 a year for the activity center, which would be transferred to the school district as a usage fee. “The town of Durham is no longer in a position to take the lead on this, but if you would like, the town of Durham can be a partner,” Francis said. See Korn, A2
School budget vote May 7 By Bailey Wright Record-Journal staff
Residents of Durham and Middlefield will be asked to vote on Regional School District 13 Board of Education’s 2019-20 budget proposal and capital plan, during referendum on Tuesday, May 7.
By Bailey Wright Record-Journal staff
This summer, The Independent Day School, in Middlefield, will build an outdoor yurt in honor of the son of a former staff member, who died in a boating accident a year ago.
The Board of Education’s proposed fiscal year 2019-20 budget totals $36,819,319 and its capital improvement plan comes to $6.9 million.
“It'll really be a great honor to Spencer, who was a person who loved nature and was out in nature a lot, so a great thing to build in his memory,” said head of school Marijke Kehrhahn.
Board chairman Bob Moore said he is very confident in the proposed plans, especially considering the uniqueness of such a large reduction in expenditures.
The Independent Day School, 151 Laurel Brook Road in Middlefield, pictured on April 26. This summer, the school will construct an outdoor yurt on this lawn outside the nature trail entrance, in memory of Spencer Mugford, son of a former staff member, who died in a boating accident | Bailey Wright, Record-Journal See Memorial, A3 last year.
Spencer Mugford’s body, 21, was found about a week after he went
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