BATH

Regional School Unit 1 will send a $5.2 million renovation bond to voters Tuesday and hope someone steps forward as a write-in candidate for a vacant board post.

School officials say the money would address urgent concerns — some of them safety-related — at Morse High School and other RSU 1 buildings.

The bond calls for $4,068,000 in renovations to Morse High School and the adjoining Bath Regional Technical and Career Center and Bath Middle School; $833,000 for repairs at the elementary schools; and $294,000 for contingency.

A task force comprised of Finance and Facilities committee members worked for more than a year on the renovation issues. Ultimately, the board decided that the needs in some facilities are urgent.

RSU 1 board Chairman Tim Harkins said the district is not carrying an unusual amount of debt. The board tried to limit the amount of ongoing debt by arranging a 10-year bond instead of a longer payback period.

Also on Tuesday’s ballot, there are two vacancies on the school board. Alan Walton has agreed to serve another three-year term in District 6, and is running unopposed. Robin Buczkowski did not take out papers to retain her seat in District 1, so school officials are hoping someone steps up as a write-in.

RSU 1 vote

¦ LOCATIONS AND
times for Tuesday’s
Regional School Unit 1
bond revenue and board
of directors election:
— Arrowsic, Town Hall,
10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
— Bath, Bath Middle
School, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
— Phippsburg, Town
Office, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
— West Bath, Fire
Department, 8 a.m. to 8
p.m.
— Woolwich, Woolwich
Central School, 8 a.m. to
8 p.m.