Haverhill city councilors tonight are expected to approve two school-related capital borrowing requests—one to plan for the future of the John Greenleaf Whittier School and the other to pay for design and planning of a new Silver Hill School roof. The city plans to borrow $1.2 million for a state-required feasibility study of the long-sought replacement of John Greenleaf Whittier School. The Concord Street middle school won state approval more than a year ago to enter into an eligibility period that could lead to partial state reimbursement. The study goes beyond simply deciding whether to repair, replace or add to the school, as School Superintendent Margaret Marotta explained to School Committee members last month. “The study essentially looks at grade allocation, the number so students the building should hold, what the specific components of the building might look like programmatically, where specifically the building might be located, that sort of thing.”
Construction of a new John Greenleaf Whittier School would complete the rebuilding of the city’s four middle schools.
