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Monday, November 5, 2012

MHS Students Released Following Reports of Potential Gas Leak

Students at Melrose High School were released at 10 a.m. Monday following reports of a potential gas leak.

Students at Melrose High School have been released for the remainder of the school day Monday, according to a school press statement, following reports of a potential gas leak. "Due to the reports of a gas odor at the high school building today students were relocated to the middle school for precautionary reasons," reads the statement. "After a thorough investigation National Grid and the Melrose Fire Department have determined that it was safe for all students and staff to return to the building. "There is however, some repair work that needs to be done which will require the HVAC system to be shut down. School administrators have decided to dismiss students at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, November 5th since the building will be without heat, …

Randall Huston

8:43 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

So what happened here? Was there a leak or not and if there was a leak, what were they doing taking the kids back inside? There are a lot of unanswered questions here and the wording of the administration's statement is about as clear as mud. And why did they need to do repairs....was it because of a leak? The information left out here screams to be known. As for the administration, it's clear …   more ›

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Poll Results: High School Should Have HVAC System Repaired First

That's what the majority of people who voted in last week's poll said.

Last Thursday, Melrose Patch asked you what aspect of Melrose High School needed to be repaired before anything else, given that a committee has begun meeting to discuss the various projects that the city could undertake to update the school.   Between then and Tuesday morning, 39 people voted in the poll.  The results?  Steve Meuse shed some light on why the HVAC system might have received the most votes. "When I was there I remember the first floor always being freezing cold in the winter, especially near the door near the tunnel," he wrote in the comments section. "The gym wing of the building isn't air conditioned at all and is a sauna in the summer. I also remember a story a few years ago about how the city pays boatloads for the …

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