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Report: Higher costs led to call for school closure
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Fewer classrooms and higher utility costs were two factors that led a Smithtown committee to recommend closing the district’s smallest school, committee members said in a report to the school board.
The report, released last week after nearly nine months of study, calls for closing Nesconset Elementary School among a host of moves to control costs, including moving staff out of the district’s...
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