School project fails to pass Swampscott Town Meeting

SWAMPSCOTT – A proposal for a new elementary school on Monday failed to receive enough support to put the matter before the town’s voters.
Town Meeting voted 140-95 at a Special Town Meeting in favor of plans for the four-level elementary school, but it was not enough.
The proposal, listed in Article 8, needed a two-thirds vote to pass.
Joe Crimmins, chairman of the School Building Committee, explained before the vote that the idea for a single elementary school arose out of a master plan that was put in motion seven years ago. Although the cost of building the new school is set at $52.6 million, the town would be responsible for paying $35.7 million as the remaining $16.8 million would be covered by the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
The school’s proposed location would have put it behind the middle school at 207 Forest Ave. The Daily item is working on a more complete version of this story and will have further details later.TO OUR READERS: The print edition of this story, which appeared in Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Item newspaper, is incorrect. We sincerely apologize for the confusion this may have caused.