City Takes First Steps in Securing Funds to Update Elementary School

To be addressed at the City Council Operations and Oversight Committee meeting on March 16 at 5:40 p.m. in City Council Chambers is an agenda item concerning steps to update Marlborough’s elementary school.

In a letter sent to City Council President Patricia Pope, Mayor Arthur Vigeant writes, “As you know the Marlborough Public Schools Administration and the School Committee have been in discussions regarding the future facility needs of our school system at the elementary level. Included in these conversations, have been a review of our existing and projected needs based on compliance with applicable state and federal regulations concerning, as well as the procedures for applying for reimbursement through the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA). In order to continue this process and further evaluate our facility needs, I am seeking your approval to authorize the City of Marlborough to file a Statement of Interest (SOl) with the MSBA.”

Vigeant adds that the action is the first of many steps to obtain the funding needed from the MSBA.

“The City has filed similar SOls in years past that were approved for smaller projects that ultimately benefitted the Marlborough High School and Kane Elementary as well as larger projects for Whitcomb Middle School and Jaworek Elementary Schools,” he wrote.