Groundbreaking Ceremony Set For Framingham's Fuller Middle School

FRAMINGHAM, MA — The groundbreaking for Fuller Middle School has a date, set for 9 a.m. on June 18 to line up with the last day of classes. School Committee members and elected officials will be present at 31 Flagg Drive to celebrate the occasion.

The groundbreaking is the first physical step toward seeing the new Fuller School come to fruition, but work to get the school up and running has been going on since voters overwhelmingly approved a debt exclusion in December for the city's part of the $98.3 million building project.

Under the debt exclusion, the Massachusetts School Building Authority will reimburse $39.5 million to the city, leaving the other $58.8 million up to taxpayers to pay, fro the most part over a 20-year debt exclusion.

December's vote was recognized as a historic moment in the city's school district by the Framingham Historic Society. A 'Yes for Fuller' campaign signs was given to the historic society as an artifact and features the School Building Committee members' signatures.

Construction for the school will start over the summer and the new Fuller Middle School will be done by the 2021-2022 school year. The new school will replace the existing Fuller Middle School.

The new school design includes a centralized cafeteria and an auditorium with 420 seats. The building will be three stories tall with air conditioning and larger classrooms. The gym of the new middle school will be 8,300-square-feet.

A subcommittee formed specifically for the groundbreaking will meet on June 3 to work out the program logistics.