Greenwich Selectmen Vote on New Lebanon School Plan

It’s back to the drawing boards for architects as the Board of Selectmen unanimously rejected a plan to build a educational facility in the woods adjacent to overcrowded New Lebanon School in Byram.

The selectmen took their vote in a special board meeting Wednesday afternoon at Greenwich Town Hall.

The three board members remain unified in their dissatisfaction with the school building committee’s Option 1 plan that would locate a new 58,000 square foot school in the woodlands behind the existing Mead Avenue school, according to Greenwich Time.

The selectmen continue to favor the Scheme D plan, which would use part of the school’s current property on Mead Avenue and less of the woods than Option 1. The selectmen have voiced concern over using the woodlands that currently act as a buffer between the school and I-95, which Gov. Dannel Malloy has proposed widening by two lanes.

The selectmen’s approval of the plan is needed before it can be presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission.

First Selectman Peter Tesei said he would support the Option 1 design if more of the building falls into the proposed footprint Scheme D, according to the Greenwich Time report that can be found here.