POPULATION: 14,415
HOUSES: 3,560
- Park Theater in East Walpole closes, and re-opens as home to Peggy Lawton's Kitchens.
- New Echo Inn at south end of downtown is replaced by Walpole Arena, which hosts wrestling matches on Saturday evenings.
- Clark's Pond (Stone Street) and surrounding land is purchased by the town per recommendation of the newly minted Walpole Conservation Commission
SCHOOLS
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| New high school science teacher Tom Brown, with students Kevin Dillon, Paul Deeley, and Gregg Ferrara |
- Anticipation of continued explosive growth in the school population reinforces ongoing concern regarding classroom capacity.
- School Committee notes stark difference between class size of graduating seniors (153 students) and incoming first graders (449 students)
- Glut of elementary school students requires move of three elementary classes to high school, and seven to recently opened East Junior High School
- Construction begins on addition to Boyden Elementary School
- New school teacher hires include George Collins (elementary school music), Peter Paglari (high school Spanish) and Tom Brown (high school science)
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