By Nathan Duke
Staff Writer

The Candia School Board will send a letter to several nursing homes, which they see as potential buyers for Henry W. Moore School if the town decides to build a new building.

Board members will meet with SAU 15 Superintendent Armand LaSelva at a special meeting at 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 14, at the Moore School library. Discussed at the meeting will be the content of the letter the board will send to nursing homes, who could potentially use the building as future facilities.

The School Facilities Committee has broken into three groups to discuss options to address space issues at Moore. One group will address the potential for renovations at the existing school. The second group will look into the construction of a new building, and the third will review the option of creating a co-op with a border town.

John Cole, a member of the subcommittee studying the construction of a new building, drafted the letter and the board has made revisions on it.

School Board Chairman Karen Smith said the outreach to nursing homes is merely testing the waters and that Moore is currently not on the market.

“Single-floor buildings like our tend to lend themselves to nursing homes because they have easy access,” she said. “But, to be clear, (Moore) is currently not listed as on the market. We do not know if we will get approval to build the school”

LaSelva said the board is sending the letter to area nursing homes to see if there is interest in constructing in Candia.

Smith said the meeting will also give residents the opportunity to voice their opinions on the potential option.