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Braintree launches phase 3 of school master planning, mayor urges broad community input
Summary
Mayor Erin Joyce told the Town Council the district has begun phase 3 of a master planning process that combines ERS's fiscal and program analysis, Cropper GIS enrollment modeling and Perkins Eastman's space planning; the effort will present order-of-magnitude costs and community forums ahead of budget season.
Mayor Erin Joyce updated the Town of Braintree Council on Oct. 21 that the school district has moved into phase 3 of a master-planning effort to align student experience, facilities and long-term budget choices. She said the town has engaged ERS (expanding earlier work), Cropper GIS (a demographic enrollment study) and Perkins Eastman (architectural space planning) to evaluate how buildings, classroom counts and programmatic needs match enrollment projections and learning goals.
"We spend roughly 63% all in direct and indirect spending of our budget on the schools," Joyce said, framing the study as a tool to lay out trade-offs for voters and elected officials. She said the…
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