It’s time to vote “yes” for new Cape Elizabeth schools.
Doing nothing to our decaying buildings imperils our teachers’ and students’ safety and learning. Unless the bond passes, the town will continue to pour money into unsafe schools and ancient infrastructure.
A renovation will require a new referendum, which will cost more money and waste time. The renovation cost is not much less than a full rebuild and kicks the can down the road for only a few years.
A rebuild, while expensive, is the best option from a safety, learning and financial perspective.
Cape Elizabeth has been given options to build new schools: $20 million in the 1990s, $75 million in 2020 and $116 million now. There’s a trend here for taxpayers: The longer we wait, the more painful it gets.
Let’s invest in our children, our teachers and our town’s future.
Ben Hagopian and Joy Engel
Cape Elizabeth
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