School building projects made it on the agenda!

The Worcester School Committee received notice this afternoon from Mr. Allen that the Worcester Public Schools has six projects, including a rebuild/major rehab for Nelson Place, on next Wednesday's Massachusetts School Building Authority agenda!
As Worcester is an 80% reimbursement community, this is BIG news!
The other schools are:

            Chandler Magnet (Windows)

            May Street (Windows)

            Lake View (Windows)

            Jacob Hiatt (Boiler)

            New Citizen Center (Boiler and Windows)

Note the meetings of the MSBA board are public meetings, and thus anyone may attend. Next Wednesday's meeting is 10am to noon at the MSBA at India Street Conference Room on the second floor of 40 Broad Street, Boston.

Yes, I am going. If I can work the wifi, yes, I will liveblog.
Full email from Mr. Allen after the jump:

 

The Administration received a call today from the Massachusetts School Building Authority to invite the district to attend the MSBA Board of Directors on Wednesday, June 6 as the following projects have been submitted for approval to enter the next stage of the funding/project process:

Major School Renovation or Replacement

Nelson Place

Accelerated Repair Projects:

            Chandler Magnet (Windows)

            May Street (Windows)

            Lake View (Windows)

            Jacob Hiatt (Boiler)

            New Citizen Center (Boiler and Windows)

The meeting is scheduled from 10am to noon at the MSBA at India Street Conference Room on the second floor of 40 Broad Street, Boston.

This is a significant accomplishment for Worcester.  This will represent the first major school renovation or replacement project approved under the new MSBA format and the first accelerated repair projects.  We certainly appreciate the due diligence of the MSBA to review our Statement of Interest applications and the various site visits and phone calls to advance these projects to the next stage.  It is likely, once we meet all of the MSBA requirements, that the accelerated repair projects will occur next summer (2013).  We will provide more information about the process after the board meeting next week.  We look forward to working with the MSBA on completing these projects once approved and will develop a next round for consideration this fall. 

The MSBA asked me to coordinate a list of anyone that is attending the meeting so they can be prepared.  Please let me know by email by noon on Monday if you plan to attend the MSBA board meeting. 

Brian E. Allen

Chief Financial and Operations Officer

Worcester Public Schools