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Triton building committee reports $1.7M recommended feasibility budget and accelerated MSBA timetable
Summary
Triton’s school‑building committee reported on June 11 that it recommends a roughly $1.7 million feasibility budget for a planned middle/high‑school project and that MSBA has agreed to an accelerated timetable for the district’s submission and review.
The Triton Regional School Committee received an update on June 11 from the school‑building committee about the ongoing feasibility process for a combined middle‑school/high‑school project. Committee leaders said divisioning work, site tours and visioning workshops are complete and that the recommended budget for the feasibility and schematic design phase is approximately $1.7 million.
The school‑building committee reported it had held divisioning workshops and multiple school tours to inform the design work and that MSBA review of the district’s enrollment and visioning data will inform the official design enrollment number the agency uses to size the project. A district representative said MSBA staff agreed to an accelerated schedule: the district aims to submit required module materials by August so MSBA can place the district on the October agenda for formal entry into the next phase of the program.
Committee members said the recommended feasibility budget would be routed to the full school committee for a vote — likely in late July or early August — and that approval of the feasibility agreement would authorize the district to begin selecting an owner’s project manager and design team for the study phase. The district noted an estimated MSBA reimbursement rate of about 47.5 percent for eligible project costs under current assumptions.
School leaders emphasized that visioning work has been focused on instructional needs rather than on architectural details; members said that focus is intended to avoid designing “a gorgeous building that makes no instructional sense.” The building committee chair said conversations with other districts and with teachers during tours had helped refine ideas about learning spaces and avoid unused or under‑designed areas.
What’s next: The building committee will recommend a feasibility budget and a module‑2 authorization for the full school committee; the committee expects to vote on feasibility agreement authorization in late July or early August, after which the project would proceed into design and selection of consultants pending MSBA approvals.
