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Design team outlines program changes, CTE growth and a wide set of cost alternatives
Summary
SMMA presented program updates (expanding special education, CTE, technology labs and a consolidated preschool program) and explained three baseline cost categories and multiple site and massing options; the firm said tall buildings incur a high‑rise premium and that new‑construction gymnasiums are capped at about 18,000 sq ft.
Design consultants presented the educational program drivers and a broad set of cost alternatives that will determine the likely size and form of any future Medford Hubbard High School project.
SMMA said program and visioning work — including roughly 49 meetings with current and potential building users and about 250 stakeholder conversations — produced an educational plan that drives net square footage targets. The firm told the committee special‑education spaces are being rightsized, some programs (including the Curtis Tufts therapeutic day…
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