The Cabot School Building Committee and Design Review will meet tonight at 6:00PM at the Newton ED Center, 100 Walnut Street, Room 210.
While I am not so familiar with the issues, it seems to me that there are folks ready to see a defined plan moved forward with others seeking a possible delay to address some lingering questions about the plan.
I have seen two links from one side that may offer better context. See the PTO Call to Action and PTO Building plan page.
My personal perspective, as a Cabot parent and someone who has attended many but not all of the CSBC/DRC meetings:
The Ward 2 City Councilors are holding the CSBC/DRC hostage with a threat that the full City Council will vote down the current approved plan. They are forcing the Committees to vote for a pause tonight (to consider a “new plan” submitted by a small group of residents no one has hired that is actually very similar to a plan considered and rejected over a year ago). Then they will turn around and use the “Pause vote” to convince the City Council that the current approved plan is not supported by the Committees or “the community.”
500 signatures and counting on a petition introduced three days ago should clarify what “the community” actually supports. The fact that tonight’s meeting is about reconsidering a design instead of a vote by the City Council to support the plan approved one month ago is outrageous.
Wow – over 500 signatures in less than 3 days supporting the advancement of the current plan rather than returning to old ideas. That certainly seems to highlight where public support is on this issue!