Hurricane Windows Before Building Committee
The panel meets at 7 p.m. Thursday in the library at the Village School, 93 Village St.
The Glover School Building Committee has also scheduled a special meeting to discuss options for installing hurricane-resistant windows on the front of the new school. At the last meeting, the architect said the windows that could sustain 120-mile-per-hour winds might cost an extra $148,000. The architects and windows manufacturer did not “factor in” the proximity of the school to the Atlantic Ocean. Because Marblehead could be hit by a hurricane, the 12-foot, eight-inch windows would have to be thick enough to withstand high-velocity winds, said project architect Douglas Roberts with JCJ Architecture. The windows in the current design would withstand up to 110 mile-per-hour winds. “It is something that fell through the cracks,” Roberts …
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