North Reading Secondary Schools Building Committee http://www.nrssbc.org Improving North Reading's Secondary Schools Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:44:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 February Outreach Schedule http://www.nrssbc.org/2012/02/05/february-outreach-schedule/ http://www.nrssbc.org/2012/02/05/february-outreach-schedule/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:19:56 +0000 NRSSBC http://www.nrssbc.org/?p=751 As a continuing effort to “get the word out” on the high school / middle school project, here are the dates in February that we’ll be out talking to the townspeople.  Please stop by if you have questions that you’d like to ask in person.

  • Wednesday   February 1 @ 6:30pm  Middle PA
  • Thursday       February 9 @ 6:30pm High PA
  • Thursday       February 16 @ 2:15pm High School Council
  • Monday         February 27 @ 2:30pm Batch School Council
  • Tuesday        February 28  @ 2:30pm Little School Council
  • Tuesday        February 28  @ 7:00pm SPED PAC HS Library
  • Wednesday   February 29 @ 8:30am Hood PA
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Tune in to Ch. 22 for Comcast users and Ch. 24 for Verizon users.  Or set your DVR/TiVo to capture the recorded forum on the following days and times throughout the month of February.

  • Tuesdays and Wednesdays – 5:00 am, 3:30 pm, 8:30 pm
  • Thursdays – 2:30 pm
  • Fridays – 5:00 am, 4:30 pm
  • Saturdays – 10:00 pm
  • Sundays – 4:30 pm
  • Mondays – 4:00 am, 10:00 pm
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Check out all the videos related to North Reading’s Secondary School Building project at our YouTube channel.

 

 

 

]]> http://www.nrssbc.org/2012/02/04/new-video-updated-version-of-the-aerial-flyby/feed/ 0 Q: What is the cost of a “no” vote? A: About $50 million http://www.nrssbc.org/2012/02/01/q-what-is-the-cost-of-a-no-vote-a-about-50-million/ http://www.nrssbc.org/2012/02/01/q-what-is-the-cost-of-a-no-vote-a-about-50-million/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:36:39 +0000 NRSSBC http://www.nrssbc.org/?p=731 If the Town of North Reading votes down the new school initiative, we will still have a big bill to pay.

The existing high school and middle school both need significant repair and maintenance.  In recent years, we have been deferring maintenance projects, when possible, knowing that we might be replacing or renovating the buildings.  If the school initiative does not pass the town vote, we will need to catch up with the work we’ve been putting off.  In addition, the buildings do not meet current safety or accessibility codes.  For example, there is no sprinkler system in the middle school or in most of the high school.

At the request of the Secondary School Building Committee, our architecture firm, Dore & Whittier, did an extensive analysis of the current state of the buildings, and what would be required to bring them up to code.

The total bill would be about $50 million dollars.

It is likely that we would not receive any reimbursement from the MSBA to pay for these repairs.  This is what happened to Hopkinton when they voted down a new elementary school.  Since the MSBA had agreed that it was more cost effective to replace rather than repair the school, when the town voted down the new school, the MSBA declined to participate in any of the repair costs.  Hopkinton had to pay 100% of the repair bill.

The estimated North Reading portion of the new school initiative is approximately $60 million, or approximately $10 million more than the expected repair bill.  And simply repairing the building doesn’t address the educational space.  We would still be teaching communication classes in the modular cafeteria, and teaching health courses in a drafty former auto shop.

Here are links to the:

]]> http://www.nrssbc.org/2012/02/01/q-what-is-the-cost-of-a-no-vote-a-about-50-million/feed/ 0 Dates set for town meeting and vote http://www.nrssbc.org/2012/01/29/dates-set-for-town-meeting-and-vote/ http://www.nrssbc.org/2012/01/29/dates-set-for-town-meeting-and-vote/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:59:33 +0000 NRSSBC http://www.nrssbc.org/?p=725 The special town meeting will be held Monday, March 19th at 7pm in the high school auditorium.  A two-thirds vote is needed to pass, so bring you friends and family.

The town vote is scheduled for Saturday, March 24th.  Polls will be open from 7am to 8pm at St. Theresa’s Church.  A simple majority is needed to pass.

 

]]> http://www.nrssbc.org/2012/01/29/dates-set-for-town-meeting-and-vote/feed/ 2 MSBA Approves North Reading’s Project and Budget http://www.nrssbc.org/2012/01/25/msba-approves-north-readings-project-and-budget/ http://www.nrssbc.org/2012/01/25/msba-approves-north-readings-project-and-budget/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:30:39 +0000 NRSSBC http://www.nrssbc.org/?p=662 Today the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts School Building Authority unanimously approved North Reading’s proposed project scope and budget. This enables our town to bring it to a town vote. We now have 120 days to bring the issue to a town vote.

Here’s a link to today’s agenda.  It was a busy meeting covering several dozen projects statewide in various stages of completion.

]]> http://www.nrssbc.org/2012/01/25/msba-approves-north-readings-project-and-budget/feed/ 0 Minutes of the SSBC Meeting on December 6th, 2011 http://www.nrssbc.org/2011/12/24/minutes-of-the-ssbc-meeting-on-december-6th-2011/ http://www.nrssbc.org/2011/12/24/minutes-of-the-ssbc-meeting-on-december-6th-2011/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:27:10 +0000 NRSSBC http://www.nrssbc.org/?p=603 Here are the minutes of the North Reading Secondary School Building Committee meeting held on December 6th, 2011.

The complete list of minutes can be found in the Archives.

]]> http://www.nrssbc.org/2011/12/24/minutes-of-the-ssbc-meeting-on-december-6th-2011/feed/ 0 Landslide victory for Wilmington’s new high school http://www.nrssbc.org/2011/12/08/landslide-victory-for-wilmingtons-new-high-school/ http://www.nrssbc.org/2011/12/08/landslide-victory-for-wilmingtons-new-high-school/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:37:25 +0000 NRSSBC http://www.nrssbc.org/?p=594 On Tuesday, December 5th, Wilmington voted overwhelmingly to build a new high school.  75% of the voters voted in favor of the 2 1/2 override.  The new high school is expected to cost $82.6 million.  Of the $82.6 million, the state will pay $37.99 million and the town will be responsible for the remaining $44.19 million.

]]> http://www.nrssbc.org/2011/12/08/landslide-victory-for-wilmingtons-new-high-school/feed/ 0 New video: Aerial view of proposed project http://www.nrssbc.org/2011/12/05/new-video-aerial-view-of-proposed-project/ http://www.nrssbc.org/2011/12/05/new-video-aerial-view-of-proposed-project/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:16:46 +0000 NRSSBC http://www.nrssbc.org/?p=588 Our architecture firm, Dore and Whittier, created a simulated aerial view of the proposed school project.  The movie “flies” the viewer 360 degrees around the school.  Narration points out highlights along the way.  Check out the new movie on YouTube, along with our other videos on the project.

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Secondary Schools Building Project

Tuesday, November 29th @ 7:00PM High School Auditorium

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