Schools
With Final Steel Beam, New Avery School Year Away from Opening
School and state officials celebrated a key point in the construction phase Thursday.
With school, town and state officials on hand Thursday, the final steel beam - signed by every Avery School student - was hoisted into position by a crane to finish the outline of the new elementary school.
Andy Lawlor, chairman of the School Building Rehabilitation Committee, marked Thursday as the one-quarter point in construction and said the project is under budget and only seven days behind schedule due to the snowy winter.
Lawlor predicted students could walk the halls for the first time after April vacation next year.
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