No matter what happens with building a new school to replace Bancroft Elementary, Shawsheen School will remain open for at least another three years. So kindergarteners who enroll in the kindergarten through second grade school next year will be able to stay there for their entire Shawsheen career.
That's what Shawsheen school staff and district administration have been telling parents concerned they can't enroll their child in the pre-kindergarten through second-grade choice school.
"If Shawsheen is going to close or not is not determined, by any means," said School Committee member Dennis Forgue. "Any potential closing, at the earliest, would be two or three years out."
The School Building Committee is researching whether overcrowding issues at Shawsheen School could be resolved as part of building a replacement for Bancroft Elementary School. The building committee expected to vote on a model for the new school on Wednesday, March 3.
