Schools merger rebuffed
Shared purchasing might be explored
Cohasset has 1,500 students in three schools, and Hull has 1,225 students in the high school (bottom right) and two other schools. Both towns expect enrollment to drop. (Boston Globe/ File 2001)
Cohasset has rejected Hull’s proposal for a marriage between the two towns’ school systems, but has left open the possibility for a less binding relationship — such as combining some of their purchasing power.
While acknowledging that in these financially trying times there might be economic and educational advantages to joining forces with another town, the Cohasset School Committee
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