The regional school district shall include all grades from pre-kindergarten through grade twelve. The Committee is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to establish and maintain state-aided vocational education, acting as trustees therefor, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 74 of the General Laws and acts amendatory thereof, in addition thereto or dependent thereon.
Section III. LOCATION OF REGIONAL DISTRICT SCHOOLS AND LEASE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS
(a) All district schools shall be located within geographical limits of the District.
(b) The Town of Phillipston is hereby authorized to lease to the regional school district all the premises and buildings presently know as the Phillipston Memorial School. The Town of Templeton is hereby authorized to lease to the regional school district all the premises and buildings known as the (1) Baldwinville Elementary School, (2) East Templeton School*, and the (3) Templeton Center School. Each of the leases authorized above shall be for a term of twenty years and the term shall commence on the date when the Committee assumes jurisdiction over the pupils in all the grades of the District. Each of the leases shall contain a provision for the extension of the term thereof for an additional terms not in excess of twenty years each, renewable during the term at the option of the Committee by notice to the town at least one year prior to the expiration of the initial or any renewal term; and each lease shall contain provisions for termination of the lease as well as provisions for the Towns to reclaim their building. Each of the leases shall contain provisions authorizing the regional school district to improve, alter, remodel or modernize any of the leased buildings at its own expense. No rental shall be charged to the district by any of the member towns; however, the Committee shall bear all costs for insurance, maintenance and repair, utilities and other services; provided however that any single necessary repair or maintenance project to be undertaken in any fiscal year at an estimated or actual cost in excess of $5,000 shall be considered a capital cost and paid solely and entirely by the Town in which the building is located. Each lease involving a member town shall be on such other terms as may be determined by the selectmen thereof and the Committee, who shall execute the lease for the member town and the regional school district, respectively. All original lease renewals shall be deemed ratified and approved and extending until 31 December 2007.