And, when possible, teachers have manually removed bulbs from fixtures in classrooms while staffers have shut off breakers not connected to the main system to douse some of the exterior lights.When they finally tracked down the current owner of the company, Reflex Lighting, several more weeks went by before the company was able to find somebody familiar with the high school’s lighting system, he said.There is a significant amount of concern expressed by citizens that this is a waste of energy and, in turn, taxpayer dollars.” The town leaders added that “this issue may be one of lesser cost or importance in the overall operation of the District, but it is, unfortunately, a visible one.” Osborne, along with Schools Superintendent John Provost, assured the town leaders they had been working on the problem.“After many weeks of effort, we were provided a rough estimate in excess of $1.2 Million to comparably replace the entire system,” Osborne and Provost wrote in an Aug. 26, 2022, response.And when that proved unworkable, they explored the possibility of having simple timers installed or even an on/off switch."