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Friday, July 25, 2008 --- 35 days ago http://www.wickedlocal.com/waltham/news/x469166941/Cahill-wants-to-bring-sanity-
| State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill says he is on a mission to bring "sanity and conformity" to school building projects across the commonwealth. In the process he said he can save taxpayers money. Driven by skyrocketing building costs and controversial high school projects in Newton, Wellesley and Norwood, Cahill is promoting a program designed to give cities the schools he said they need at an affordable price. "We're taking something that's worked and is working and it is built at a reasonable price and I don't see why people wouldn't jump at it," Cahill said yesterday. "And I'm hoping they will. And I'm confident that they will in the end and they won't feel they were taken for a ride." In a meeting with GateHouse Media editors and reporters, Cahill discussed plans for a program in which communities can build a previously designed and constructed school rather than one from scratch. If the pilot program goes well, Cahill said he will use the method for middle schools and elementary schools. "If we can rein in costs to such a degree, what we're hoping to do is give schools more flexibility with the money they have to actually put in some of the unique characteristics that they want," he said. The Massachusetts School Building Authority, of which Cahill is the chairman, reimburses cities 40 percent to 80 percent of their building costs. Many municipalities could not afford to build their own schools without that outside aid, he said. ... |
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