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Dracut advances Campbell schematic design with MSBA; officials warn a failed town vote could restart years of capital planning
Summary
The Dracut School Building Committee will vote March 19 on a preferred schematic design for the Campbell School and submit the recommendation to the Massachusetts School Building Authority; district leaders warned a failed town vote later could force the district to restart MSBA processes and forego tens of millions in state reimbursement.
Dracut School Committee members and district officials said Monday that the Campbell School project is moving into the MSBA schematic design phase and that a Building Committee vote on a preferred schematic is scheduled for March 19.
Superintendent Steven Stone told the committee the administration and architects are finalizing a preferred design to submit to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA). The timeline presented calls for the Building Committee to select either a new‑building or add/reno option; if the committee approves a schematic, the MSBA process would proceed into a period of detailed schematic design.
Stone cautioned that a town rejection of a later ballot vote would have significant consequences. "They would discontinue working with us and we will have lost our opportunity for reimbursement of $60–70 million dollars from the state to build or renovate a school," he said, describing the MSBA funding relationship and the state reimbursement the district…
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