Tom, the town would still have to vote on the full $20 million (if that is the figure) price tag. I said in the column the state will reimburse a large percentage. But you still vote the full amount, and then get the money after that from the state. But any override question before the voters would be for the full $20 million. So while we agree about the final cost, the fact is the full $20 million is the number that will be voted on - which is what I said.

I would like to clarify something one of your columnists wrote about the HS Building Project. The total cost of the HS Building project could be UP TO $20M, but the state will reimburse the Town of Norton around 60%, which would equal a cost to Norton of only $8M not $20M as Mr. Gouveia alluded to.

Residents, at Town Meeting, will know exactly what will be included and what the final price tag will be. They WILL know what they are voting on! We are in the process of hiring Architects to do just that and there is extremely close oversight by the MA School Building Administration (MSBA) on the process. What people ultimately will have to decide is whether they want to save $12M now or wait and possibly have to foot a bill for the whole $20M if we lose the state funding!

Tom Golota
Norton School Committee

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