1980

POPULATION:  18,462

HOUSES:  4,895

  • Proposition 2.5 passes in Massachusetts, portending major changes in future municipal budgets
  • Corning Medical opens on Coney Street / Route 1
  • Bird & Son box plant closes
  • Proposals for new police facility rejected by Town Meeting
 

SCHOOLS

  • Walpole High School renovation nears completion
  • Major re-alignment planned to accommodate new "middle school" and "K-12" concepts
  • School Committee votes to close Stone School in 1981
  • Proposition 2.5 necessitates 15% cut in proposed 1981 budget 
Number of classrooms by school and grade

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