By Alice Waugh Two design firms are now working in parallel on potential town construction projects—a community center and Lincoln School renovations—and both will be discussed at the State of the Town meeting on November 15. After interviewing four candidate firms earlier this month, the new School Building Advisory Committee (SBAC) selected Dore & Whittier…
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SBAC working on hiring a design consultant
A subgroup of the reconstituted School Building Advisory Committee (SBAC) is in the process of selecting a school design consultant, and the School Committee is tentatively scheduled to award a contract on July 23. At Town Meeting in March, Lincoln voters approved spending up to $250,000 to hire a consultant who would define renovation solutions for…
New School Building Advisory Committee convenes tonight
The new School Building Advisory Committee (SBAC) will hold its first meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the Hartwell multipurpose room, when they will begin preparations for hiring a consultant, choose a co-chair and confirm the schedule for upcoming meetings. The roster for the new SBAC is almost identical to the first version of the committee,…
Residents approve up to $250,000 for another school study
At Town Meeting on March 29, residents approved spending up to $250,000 to come up with options and cost estimates for school renovation projects, but not without considerable discussion and a number of dissenting votes—though not enough to derail the measure, which required a two-thirds majority vote.
Letter to the editor: Glass on school funding
Editor’s note: The author of this letter, Jennifer Glass, is chair of the School Committee. She is running unopposed for reelection on March 31. To the editor: At the March 29 Annual Town Meeting, one of the warrant articles citizens will be asked to consider is whether or not they will approve funds to study a…
Residents object to school vote proposal
Joint meeting on school renovations set for Feb. 12
Four town-government groups will get together on Wednesday, Feb. 12 to discuss a timeline for planning a renovation project for the Lincoln School. The meeting will begin at 7:3o p.m. in the Smith gym. Members of the the School Committee, Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, and Capital Planning Committee will discuss topics including: A recap…
State says no to Lincoln’s school building application
Town may have to resubmit school building document
As reported earlier today in the Squirrel, Lincoln’s statement of interest (SOI)—the first step in the process for getting state funding for a school building project from the Massachusetts School Building Authority—is still under review. The next MSBA board meeting at which it could make a decision is on January 29, 2014, but MSBA press…