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Wakefield-Marenisco ready to open school doors next week

By P.J. GLISSON

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WAKEFIELD — All systems are go to welcome students at the Wakefield-Marenisco K-12 School, said Superintendent Jason Gustafson.

Students will report on Tuesday at 10 a.m. to a school that Gustafson assures is “cleaned, polished” and “as safe as it possibly can be.”

The superintendent reported the news to board of education members at their Monday evening meeting and also noted in a related, written agenda report that custodial staff was putting “finishing touches” on the school and that he also had placed signs and decals throughout the school to alert s...