At an August 16 special meeting, the Gorham School Committee voted to request $150,000 in seed money from the Town Council at the September 8 council meeting. These funds would be used to hire an architectural firm to work with the School Committee and administrators to complete designs for the Gorham High School renovation project.

According to Superintendent Heather Perry, “this request will be made with the understanding that we may need to come back for more, up to the $250,000 threshold that would require a voter referendum.”

Completed designs for the GHS project would be brought to the voters as the basis for approval of a local bond issue. Funds would be included in the bond request to pay back the seed money if voters approved the bond.

Perry would like have a June 2018 referendum date for the capital construction bond, but recognizes that fall 2018 may be more realistic. “We are hoping for the earlier date if we can swing it,” she said.