By Ted Hayes

Members of a town board debating the future of the old high school should have put more study onto whether the sprawling complex is suitable for affordable housing, the planning board chairman said Monday as he sought permission from the select board to seek proposals from developers who might be interested in pursuing it.

Though he stressed that he doesn’t see his request as a “preemptive strike to derail the long term building committee,” planning board chairman James Whitin said he thinks it’s a “disservice to the town” for committee members to consider several options for the high school, including asking taxpayers to spend $48 million to develop it into a ‘community center,’ without seriously including housing in the discussion.

“My own sense is that if it’s a $48 mill

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