Community Forum Planned For Natick Middle School Building Project

NATICK, MA—Are you concerned or do you have ideas for the Kennedy Middle School building project that has been proposed?

The Kennedy Middle School Building Committee (KMSBC) for the Natick Public Schools invites the community to participate in the first community forum for the Kennedy Middle School Feasibility Study.

The forum takes place on Wednesday, May 31, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Kennedy Middle School's auditorium.

This is the first public forum—in a series of forums—that focuses on gathering community input about the proposed building project. Moving forward, we plan to hold subsequent community forums to explore possible alternatives for the facilities plan, in an effort to shape recommendations for KMSBC consideration.

The full forum schedule is tentatively listed as:

• Wednesday, May 31, 2017: LISTENING: Gathering community input
• TBD, July 2017: ALTERNATIVES: Understanding the feasibility options
• TBD, September 2017: RECOMMENDED SOLUTION: Understanding the proposed solution

The agenda for the forum on May 3 is as follows:
7 p.m.- Welcome & Introductions
7:10 - MSBA Process Overview
7:20 - Upcoming Milestones & Dates
7:25 - 21st Century Middle School Design
7:30 - Natick's Educational Visioning Process
7:40 - Challenges with the Existing Kennedy Middle School
7:50 - Overview of Site Selection Process
7:55 - The Kennedy Middle School Site
8 p.m. - Community Feedback, Questions & Answers
8:30 - Ways to Stay Connected and Adjourn

The KMSBC will consider the broadest range of options and possibilities to address the operational and educational constraints of the John F. Kennedy Middle School, continues the release. This forum and the subsequent forums play a vital role in that process. Attend and share thoughts, ideas and suggestions. The focus of each workshop is different so citizens are encouraged to attend all. The workshops build on each other.

"Your input is important and we hope you are able to attend this forum," said the announcement. "We look forward to working cooperatively the Natick community on this great opportunity to develop a solution for upgrading Kennedy and ensuring our educational objectives are met while also addressing much needed building systems and infrastructure issues."

If you are unable to attend, you can give feedback here.