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Medford committee orders quick survey of alternate high‑school sites as MSBA timeline advances
Summary
The Medford School Committee voted to have its owner’s project manager produce a short comparison of potential school sites and document why alternatives would be ruled out, while Left Field and the committee outlined MSBA timelines and funding limits for features such as pools and large gyms.
The Medford School Committee voted unanimously to ask its owner’s project manager to perform a rapid, written comparison of alternative sites for a proposed new Medford High School and to document why specific locations would be ruled out.
The move matters because the district is working inside Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) deadlines for a Preliminary Design Program (PDP) submission and because MSBA rules affect what building elements the state will reimburse, committee members and project staff said.
Committee member Luke moved the request for Left Field, the district’s owner’s project manager, to prepare a simple chart and supporting notes about alternative parcels and why they may not be viable; members approved the motion by roll call 15-0. Left Field representatives and school officials then reviewed next steps in the design‑team selection process and the MSBA schedule.
Left Field told the committee it would prepare a concise summary of candidate sites so the district can show “we looked at all of the options” before…
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