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June 6, 2007

For Cranston East, summer's right on schedule

CRANSTON -- Blow up the beach balls. Turn up the radio. Summer is coming earlier than expected for the denizens of Cranston High School East.

One month after a mercury spill shut the school for two days, state Education Commissioner Peter McWalters has endorsed plans to close Cranston High East June 20, as scheduled, rather than tack on two make-up days of math, English and wistful gazes out of the window.

Students reacted to the announcement with the special glee of the soon-to-be-free. “I heard waves of yells across the building,” said Jordan Cabral, 16, a junior.

Assistant Schools Supt. Peter Nero said the School Committee requested the two-day dispensation to avoid the estimated $90,000 to $100,000 cost of running a single school after the rest of the system’s schools shut their doors.

“Every school day is a precious school day,” he said, “but we’re under so many financial constraints.”

-- Journal staff writer David Scharfenberg

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