Barrington school officials said Friday they still have concerns about the Barrington Countryside Fire Protection District’s plans to use a house near Prairie Middle School as a third fire station.
Barrington Area Unit School District 220 board President Brian Battle said talks between the two agencies have been productive regarding the future of the house, which is between Prairie and the district’s Early Learning Center. The fire district announced Thursday it had closed on the property.
“We’ll try to work with them in a collegial fashion and we hope we can find a way to resolve or mitigate our concerns,” Battle said. “But those concerns haven’t been fully addressed.”
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Editor’s note: It’s clear when parents read about the planned fire station between two district schools yesterday, they weren’t happy and complained to school board members, thus this follow-up article.
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