Westwood school officials have commissioned an independent look at the impact of a proposed 2.1 million-square-foot mixed-use development next to Interstate 95 and the MBTA’s Route 128 commuter-rail stop, after a study paid for by the developer said University Station will produce just 55 students from its 650 housing units.
With Westwood’s seven schools at, or over, maximum capacity, Superintendent John Antonucci and members of the town’s School Committee say they are skeptical of the developer’s figures, and are awaiting details of a mitigation plan to address any increased costs.
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First of all, the one bedroom apts won't have children, so how many of them are in the mix, versus the two bedrooms? And second, the point of this whole development is to bring in more tax funds, to do things like expand the school system, as well as to lower property tax bills.
Needless to say, this development has a been quite the drama for years now.