{"id":13851,"date":"2026-10-05T23:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T23:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/?post_type=referendum&#038;p=13851"},"modified":"2026-10-05T23:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T23:57:20","slug":"closure-of-waterford-memorial-school","status":"publish","type":"referendum","link":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/referendums\/closure-of-waterford-memorial-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Closure of Waterford Memorial School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-900e0254 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-4-font-size\">Read more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-left is-style-short-red\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.sunjournal.com\/2026\/09\/25\/voters-in-waterford-harrison-to-decide-on-school-closure-nov-3\/\">Voters in Waterford, Harrison to decide on school closure Nov. 3<br><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Harrison and Waterford will decide whether to permanently close the school, which has been authorized by the district, or reopen it at Waterford taxpayers&#8217; expense. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"voter_guide_referendum_type":"","voter_guide_referendum_needs":"","voter_guide_referendum_fiscal_impact":"","voter_guide_referendum_effective_if_passed":"","voter_guide_referendum_sponsor":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_required":"","voter_guide_referendum_signatures_collected":"","voter_guide_referendum_legislative_action":"","voter_guide_referendum_on_ballot_since":"","voter_guide_referendum_vote_yes_means":"The school district will permanently close Waterford Memorial School.","voter_guide_referendum_vote_no_means":"Waterford Memorial School will reopen, with the town of Waterford responsible for the costs to operate.","voter_guide_referendum_related_links":"","_speedyseo_primary_vg_referendum_type":"","footnotes":""},"vg_scope":[899],"vg_municipality":[1085,1161],"vg_referendum_type":[],"class_list":["post-13851","referendum","type-referendum","status-publish","hentry","vg_scope-local","vg_municipality-harrison","vg_municipality-waterford"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/13851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/referendum"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/referendums\/13851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_scope","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_scope?post=13851"},{"taxonomy":"vg_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_municipality?post=13851"},{"taxonomy":"vg_referendum_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_referendum_type?post=13851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}