Stoneham School Building Committee Announces Next Step

Stoneham, MA – At this week’s Stoneham School Building Committee (SSBC) meeting, Co-Chairs Marie Christie and David Bois announced that Stoneham has been invited by the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) to partner with the MSBA to conduct a Feasibility Study for Stoneham High School. The vote by MSBA at its October meeting was based on the town’s timely completion of requirements of the MSBA’s eligibility period.

In his letter to the Town of Stoneham, MSBA Executive Director John K. McCarthy stressed that the invitation to partner “is not approval of a project, but strictly an invitation to the town to work with the MSBA to explore potential solutions to problems that have been identified.”

In this next phase of the project, the town and the MSBA will collaborate to identify the most fiscally responsible and educationally appropriate solution to problems identified at Stoneham High School, through the implementation of a feasibility study conducted pursuant to the MSBA’s regulations and policies. The Committee will also work on procuring an Owner’s Project Manager and Designer as part of the feasibility process.

SSBC meetings are open to all and the Committee welcomes your attendance and input. If you cannot attend the meeting in person, you can find online versions of the meeting live, on Stoneham TV government channels (Comcast 22, RCN 15 and Verizon 36). You can also view the meetings at any time on https://www.stonehamtv.org/ondemand in the Stoneham School Building Committee section.

The next meeting of the Stoneham School Building Committee is scheduled for Monday, December 9, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at Stoneham Central Middle School, 101 Central Street, Stoneham.

For further information about the Stoneham School Building Committee use the following URL - www.stoneham-ma.gov/hsbc .