HAVERHILL, Mass. — Eighth grade students at Dr. Albert B. Consentino School were forced from their classrooms Monday because of severe water damage to the building.
Mayor Jim Fiorentini toured the school Monday and met with the Superintendent Margaret Marotta, Principal John Mele and some students.
Fiorentini said he saw the school roof has been patched may times and needs to be replaced. He asked the superintendent to get estimates on replacing the roof. The mayor said he also called the condition of the roof into state officials.
The city submitted a grant application to the state to do a total rehabilitation of the school and is expected to hear back by mid-December.
“In the meantime, the superintendent and I fully agree that whatever steps need to be taken will be taken,” Fiorentini said. “I told the superintendent that whatever resources are needed to fix this problem we will work with them to take care of it.”
City Councilor Tim Jordan also toured the school Monday. Her shared more than two dozen pictures of the extensive damage and noted, “these pictures do not show how bad the condition of this school is.”
Jordan said Mele told him the roof had been leaking for all ten years he’s worked at the building.
“Our students, teachers and administrators deserve better than this,” Jordan said.
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