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P.O. BOX 1048 — MASHPEE, MASSACHUSETTS 02649 <br /> Telephone: (508) 477-0208 <br /> i ' i <br /> November 7, 1993 <br /> Board of Selectmen <br /> Town of Mashpee <br /> 16 Great Neck Road North <br /> Mashpee , MA 02649 <br /> Dear Members of the Board of Selectmen: <br /> The Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council Board <br /> wishes here to express its serious concerns about the <br /> siting of the projected new high school for our town, <br /> concerns which we feel are shared not only . by members of <br /> the blashpee Tribe, but also by a great many other <br /> residents of Mashpee. <br /> • We want to make clear our own commitment to a new <br /> high school. We would like also to recognize with <br /> appreciation the countless hours of effort expended by <br /> town government and school system staff and citizen <br /> volunteers in moving this project forward for the benefit <br /> of our children and the town as a whole. <br /> At the same time , we remain deeply troubled by the <br /> question of the project site. <br /> The High School Building Committee , established last <br /> May, has informed us that it must make its site selection <br /> on November 9. The Committee ' s recommendation will be <br /> reviewed by the Selectmen on November 15, and a warrant <br /> on the entire project prepared for a town meeting on <br /> December 4. As we understand it, town voters will not <br /> be asked to choose between two proposed sites; rather, <br /> they will vote on one site only, as part of the project <br /> package proposal. <br /> This makes the question of site selection immediate, <br /> urgent, and crucial. <br /> We do not doubt that the citizen volunteers on the <br /> • High School Building Committee have worked with diligence <br /> and all possible speed to meet the deadlines laid down by <br /> the Selectmen. <br />