Officials at Minuteman High School are seeking feedback from area residents about several options they’re considering to improve or replace the existing school facilities.
“The purpose of these meetings is to inform people about the available options and ask them what they think,” said Ford Spalding, chair of the School Building Committee.
Cost estimates for five repair/renovation options being considered by Minuteman High School (click to enlarge).
Over the next two months, Spalding said the School Building Committee is planning to make presentations in all 16 member towns to outline the options and to gather feedback. The first presentations were held in Acton on March 11 and in Dover on March 17. The presentation in Lincoln is tentatively scheduled for Monday, April 27. The location and time have not been determined.
Spalding said the School Building Committee is also looking for written comments from the public. It will gather comments at the community presentations and accept comments by email at SchoolBuildingCommittee@minuteman.org.
The committee also designed a brief online survey to gather input. Results of the survey will be used by the School Building Committee and the District School Committee to help decide on a preferred option. That option, in turn, will be reviewed by the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA). The School Building Committee has been working on a feasibility study with the MSBA since 2009. It has also examined other options in the event MSBA state-supported options are rejected.
Total costs for the five project options under consideration range from $100.4 million to $176.5 million. The cost for any of the three higher-end options would be partially offset by funding from the state, so those projects would then cost the district towns a net total of $87 million to $106 million.
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