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Medford officials narrow high school rebuild to six options; MSBA review and a June decision loom
Summary
Project leaders presented six shortlisted alternatives for Medford High School — ranging from full code repair to new construction on Edgerly Field — and outlined MSBA submission dates, cost-estimating steps and likely impacts such as modular classrooms and changes to athletic fields.
Jenny opened the third community meeting for the Medford High School project to summarize progress: the project team has reduced an earlier set of 29 options to six and is now in the preferred schematic report phase, she said.
Matt Rice of SMMA described the six alternatives selected by the building committee on March 23 and walked attendees through what will be produced during the PSR phase: more detailed floor plans and vertical sections, site plans and traffic studies, earthwork and rock-removal estimates, phasing diagrams, and a life-cycle analysis that combines operational and embodied carbon assessments.
On schedule, Rice said the preferred schematic report is due to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) on June 25. "These comments are critical for the project team as it will start to outline what the MSBA views as an ineligible or an ineligible portion of the building for reimbursement," he said, adding that an MSBA board meeting later this…
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