Protect legacy of Westhampton School

In exchange for its sponsorship money, Bon Secours is getting a 60-year lease, for $5,000 a year, on about 4 acres of the Westhampton School property at Libbie and Patterson avenues so it can build a $24 million, 75,000-square-foot expansion of St. Mary’s Hospital. Critics say the lease is too long and too sweet, but City Council has endorsed the deal. Now, Westhampton-area civic groups are calling for the preservation of the school.