Proposed Public Policy

Student Leaders: Kassey Mandri, Charlotte Cowhig, Brendan Whalen, Emma Gomes, and Haley LaChance

Form 11: Constitutional Opinion Form (Continued)

1. Our proposed policy serves the following purpose of government: providing for the general welfare. Our proposed policy will benefit the Danvers community. Due to the demolition date in July, the station will either get demolished with nothing to remember it by, or get demolished but the Danvers community would be left with relics made out of the interior wood of the station. Our plan is to make conference tables, which would be created in the Danvers High School Manufacturing & Design class. Hopefully, Danvers High School, Townsend Energy, and the Town of Danvers will be left with a relic to remember the station by. Not only does this give meaningful work to students at Danvers High School, it will also provide functional relics that are available for anyone to use and appreciate long after the station is gone.

2. Our proposed policy respects the following individual rights: the right to equality of opportunity and the right to due process of law. As a Senior Project Citizen class, we are seeking the right to have the opportunity to take wood out and make relics from the station. Our plans to do this will go through the process of gaining consent by Townsend Energy and the Preservation Commission, respecting the right to due process of law. We also will seek approval from the school department to locate a conference table at the high school in a space that also displays historic images of the station.

Summary Statement:

While the station is located on privately owned property, we will go through just process to not violate the Constitution, state, or local laws, or interfere with any of these rights when executing our plan.