Page 6 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2021 Councillor continues to ask for more input on high school building project By Adam Swift A s the selection process for a new Revere High School site narrows to two locations, some City Councillors are still calling for more public input and greater transparency for the process. During last Monday night’s City Council meeting, Councillor-at-Large George Rotondo introduced the latest in a series of motions requesting that Mayor Brian Arrigo request the Revere High School Committee Building Project team to provide an update on their scope of work from the enactment of this group until present day. In addition, Rotondo asked that Superintendent of Schools Dr. Dianne Kelly provide the student population growth per year from 2010 to present. “This is not about the school building group, this is about participation of the people,” said Rotondo. “We have a $300 million project that is coming before us, and we have a very minimal amount of participation from the public. When I review the YouTube videos that are presented on the website, and you look at the participation numbers there, it’s less than 1,000 people over at least four months; that’s a very, very small amount.” As for the student population numbers, Rotondo said he hopes the city will build a school of the future that will take into account the increased growth within Revere. Ward 4 Councillor Patrick Keefe, who sits on the school building committee alongside Councillor-at-Large Gerry Visconti, said he agrees with Rotondo’s desire for increased participation in the process. Keefe said current plans are for the building committee to be in front of the City Council on Jan. 10. “The project chair wants to present in front of the School Committee and then subsequently…in front of the City Council, and then to host a public forum that week as well,” said Keefe, adding that the building committee has heard that there is a desire to solicit more public input GEORGE ROTONDO Councillor-at-Large COUNCILLOR | SEE Page 7 RevereTV Spotlight ’T is the season at RevereTV for all of your holiday community event coverage! Revere kicked off the holiday celebrations last weekend starting with the Menorah Lighting during Hanukkah on Thursday. This was on the lawn of City Hall at 4 p.m, just about when it got dark. The menorah still stands, but if you missed the event, you can fi nd the RTV coverage playing all week on the Community Channel or posted to YouTube. The weekend continued with the Priscilla Nickerson Memorial Santa Walk. People were encouraged to register for the event to participate and donate to The Santa Walk Fund. At the end of the event as participants traveled down Broadway, they were met with the Mayor’s offi cial tree lighting ceremony. Residents watched as Mayor Brian Arrigo lit up City Hall with holiday lights. There were food trucks, cookie decorating and vendors, and even Santa made a special appearance. RevereTV was there for the event, and you can watch it on the Community Channel or on social media. The RevereTV staff was excited to be back at the Annual Robert A. Marra Memorial Sounds of Christmas Concert at St. Anthony’s Church. This concert is a charity event, and attendees brought food donations. The North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra performed holiday favorites, and this streamed live on all RevereTV outlets. If you missed the concert, it is replaying now on RevereTV’s Community Channel. This is channel 8 and 1072 for Comcast subscribers and 3 and 614 for RCN subscribers. For the month of December, past recordings of the Sounds of Christmas Concert will be playing every day at noon. These special concert events will culminate in a marathon of the Robert A. Marra Memorial Sounds of Christmas Concert on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Plan to tune in to RevereTV to have the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra playing your holiday music all day as you celebrate with friends and family. You can catch all local government meetings on RevereTV. There are still a few weeks left before their holiday recess, so tune in to RTV GOV if you want to watch meetings live as they happen or replaying throughout the proceeding weeks. RTV GOV is channel 9 on Comcast and channels 13 and 613 on RCN. All meetings stream live on YouTube and can be watched afterward any time.
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