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Left Field Project Management outlines early schedule, community outreach for Brockton High School renovation
Summary
Left Field Project Management introduced its team and early feasibility approach for the Brockton High School project, saying an architect selection was imminent and the feasibility study will examine code upgrades, partial renovation/addition and full new construction while engaging students, staff and the wider community.
Left Field Project Management presented an introductory briefing to the Brockton Finance Committee on April 7 on its role as the owner's project manager for the Brockton High School renovation project.
Kevin Sullivan, project director for Left Field, said the firm is local, has MSBA experience and will emphasize frequent communication with city leaders and the public. Sullivan said the team will recommend quarterly updates and bring the school community into educational visioning exercises that document programmatic needs — academic, vocational, athletic and community uses — and to ensure design work reflects those needs.
Senior project managers described two parallel workstreams during the feasibility phase: one to define the educational program (educational visioning with students, staff and community) and another to study site constraints, permitting and environmental issues. Left Field noted the possibility of state and federal environmental permitting, and flagged that some athletic fields on the site may be subject to Article 97 parkland protections, which could affect options and timing.
The firm outlined three broad solution types to study under MSBA rules: a code‑upgrade of the existing building, a partial addition/renovation, and an all‑new building. Left Field staff said code upgrades rarely address programmatic needs and are often the most intrusive and costly for occupied schools; many large MSBA high‑school projects ultimately move toward partial or full replacement to meet modern instructional requirements.
Left Field said it would begin designer selection immediately: it expects to bring an architect on board in May after the MSBA designer selection panel interviews shortlisted firms on April 22. Once the architect is engaged, the team will begin feasibility work and community engagement, and return with detailed schedule and cost estimates.
School and community liaison staff from Left Field emphasized plans for robust public outreach, multilingual materials, student engagement (classroom and hands‑on career activities), and regular updates for councilors and residents. Committee members encouraged wide public outreach and said they would help schedule community meetings to support any future debt‑exclusion campaign.
