“We need to do our homework,” he said. “This will get word to the public that we’re serious in see what options there are.”

As it may become a hot-button issue, DeForest said he’d be interested in researching whether a referendum vote could be held to decide the issue, much like the one held a few years ago in the borough when voters chose not to sell the water plant.

Interested parties should call the administrative offices of the school at 724-962-7874.