Second Push For Override Wednesday

The Glover School Building Committee will once again offer tours of the school Wednesday. 

Organizers hope by giving the tours, people will understand why an override is needed to rebuild the crumbling school. Tours will run Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m.

During their first day of tours on Saturday, three neighbors and one perspective student and their family turned out to see the school.

The Glover School's main building opened in 1916. Walls and doors are cracked. The school's heating and ventilation systems are so old replacement parts aren't available anymore. Classrooms are too small, according to state standards. The schools' two buildings are not handicapped accessible. There's no cafeteria and student bathrooms are located in the basement. 

At Town Meeting last month, residents overwhelmingly approved a plan to build a new Glover School on the same site. Voters will get to vote on the nearly $29 million project on June 15. 

The  state has committed to paying 40 percent. The remaining $17.6 million would be paid through the override – which would increase property taxes by $126.55 a year (for the median home valued at $512,000) for 20 years.

The new school would hold 425 students in kindergarten through grade three, who currently attend the Glover and Eveleth Schools, and open in September 2013.  (The Eveleth School would be used for extra classroom space for now.)