Middletown and Lemon Township school boards last night moved to speed up their consolidation plans. Meanwhile pressure mounted in portions of the township for a union of the two school systems. Board members will meet again next Monday in Middletown High School to discuss problems of the transfer. The interval between sessions will be the shortest in about a year. Last night's meeting was the first since January. Paul Wilson, 4316 Coles Rd., this morning reported he planned to deliver consolidation petitions to the county board of education this afternoon. About 98 per cent of the families in the Coles Road district have asked for a school merger, Wilson said. The area is just east of Central Avenue and extends east to Marshall Road and north to Manchester Road. Wilson is director of Middletown's Safety Council...

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