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[email protected] SEVENTY FIVE CENTS Westfield BOE Urges Passage of Roof Bond, Extends School Year By KIMBERLY A. BROADWELL bond referendum is approved the roofs these types of cuts affect class size, Specially Written for The Westfield Leader are scheduled to be completed by 2014. classes themselves and programs where WESTFIELD – Westfield Board of Superintendent of schools Margaret cuts have to be made. She said the Education members discussed the up- Dolan reported Tuesday that the rejec- ongoing commitment to technology coming $13.6-million roof referendum tion of the bond would delay the roof would have to stop which would give for a district-wide roof replacement at work and that money would have to the district an additional $500,000. Tuesday night’s BOE meeting. The come from reserve accounts that have Ms. Dolan has said the average age referendum vote is scheduled for Tues- already been allocated to other mainte- of the Westfield school buildings is 73 day, December 11. nance projects. This, she explained, years and years of fixing, patching and Voters rejected a $17-million refer- would mean that other maintenance repairing roofs lasted longer than ex- endum in September that included the projects would be placed on hold and pected. roofs as well as a $3.5-million lighted technology upgrades may have to stop.