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+i i Page : . �I Mashpee Annual Town Meeting March 6 , J9/2 � Mr. Kenneth Coombs , School Principal , rose to his feet at this point to request of the Moderator that the Town Meeting 1 at this point take up articles 21 and 22 - having to do with school matters - as Mr . Clayton Campbell , superintendent of � schools , was present and could better explain school affairs than anyone el-se present . This request was made due to the fact that Mr. Campbell had two meetings the same night , and had to go on to Sandwich for another meeting as soon as he could be heard in Mashpee . The Moderator, having ascertained that there were no ob- jections from the floor to this request , gave consent . Mr. Class , member of the School Committee : Mr. Moderator, I would like to move that Article 21 be amended to read "c.ontract for the three year lease of" in the place of the word "purchase . " From the floor, and from Mr. Ehrisman came inquiries as to the wisdom of Leasing over purchasing . Mr. Glass replied we would save money by leasing because of state reimbursement on leasing. It was seconded and so voted . F. dicks spoke and said taut another advantage is that we don ' t have to raise all this money in one year ® and at the end of three years the yenta-1 money is applied toward purchase and we will then own the buildings . c MP® CAMPBELL superintendent of schools came forward and spoke : Ladies and gentlemen I thank you for the privilege of coming before you to speak on these matters . It was as late as this past Friday that I learned it was possible to lease these build- ings because of a new law enacted in the Fall of 19"/1 . After gaining this knowledge , it was too late to meet with the Finance Committee and the School Committee to acquaint them with the fact that we didn' t have to raise this $59 , 000 in one year . I