ICYMI: Council to Vote on Middle School Project Tonight

Tuesday night, Sept. 15, the city council is holding a special meeting to vote on the appropriation of nearly $110 million for the middle school building project.

A public hearing on the project was held by the council on Tuesday, Sept. 8, with presentations by Mayor Mike Cahill, Superintendent Steven Hiersche, and representatives of Ai3 Architecture.

You can click here to view the presentation given before the hearing.

Earlier this summer the Middle School Building Committee voted to approve the schematic design that will be presented to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) for approval this fall.

The total cost to the city for the project is estimated to be about $60 million.

The proposed building project calls for the construction of a new four-story, 231,509-square-foot building located on the site of the existing Memorial School Building at 502 Cabot Street. The school would serve 1,395 students in grades five through eight.

The current building would be vacated and demolished in an early phase of the project, allowing for the construction of the new building to get underway on the site.

The school would be open for students in September of 2018 if everything goes as scheduled.