Haverhill Public Schools will soon acquire the city’s former Social Security office free from the federal government and use it for special education programs.
As WHAV reported in March, the Social Security Administration quietly moved its 367 Main St. office to 62 Brown St., leaving the former office vacant. Mayor Melinda E. Barrett told councilors Tuesday night how the transfer came about.
“As is the process, the federal government offers the building to educational or public safety departments in the community…The school department took a look at it and decided that they could use that for a number of different testing and office space for different things.”…