The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School's board of trustees last week voted to rent the historic Red Brick School from the town for one year.
"I'm feeling very good about it. I've been a strong proponent on using the building," said John Neas, president of the charter school's board.
Neas said the school faces a critical need for space in its building, which he estimated to be about 35,000 square feet.
"We use every inch of space available to us. We have 416 students and a waiting list of 200 students we can't accommodate," Neas said, noting that the board is looking for another school site. (In the best scenario, he said, they might have a new building in five years.)
And every weekday afternoon, charter school students and staff must vacate the building so that St. Mary's Church, which owns the building, can hold religious ed classes there, Neas said.
"That means our school dismisses at 3:10, and we have from 3:10 to 3:45 for after-school activities. That creates some issues for us," he said.
"This is a possibility for us in terms of having space to do those types of things," Neas said.
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