Combined school/library proposed

In Ashland, Mass…

\”A Finance Committee member sees a school-public library combination as a possible \”townwide solution\” in trying budget times, saying the board should see if both departments would agree to the arrangement.\”

This is an interesting idea, but I have a lot of questions (some raised by the unclear writing style). Will the high school have its own library? Will the public library continue to be governed separately, or will it be answerable to the school board? Will the teachers actually tell the public librarians about major research assignments ahead of time if they are in the same building?