2023 - 24 Annual Report
Goal 4
Building Projects Update
This has been a period of significant progress on school building projects and facility improvements across the district . In addition to the city - funded NECP and Lincoln - Eliot School projects , passage of the March 14 , 2023 Special Election ballot questions # 2and # 3 allowed the Countryside and Franklin elementary school building projects to move forward . And in June 2023 , following the unsuccessful outcome of the operating override in March , the Newton Retirement Board voted to adjust their funding program to free up funds for the Horace Mann school renovation and addition project .
Newton Early Childhood Program ( NECP ) Project Construction of the Newton Early Childhood Program project at 687 Watertown Street ( the former Horace Mann School ) was completed in December 2022 , with students in the new location in January 2023 .
Lincoln - Eliot Elementary School Project
Countryside Elementary School Project The Countryside project recently completed project scope and budget and funding agreements with the Massachusetts School Building Authority . This important milestone documents the MSBA ’ s approval of the project to move forward and their agreement to provide more that $ 20 Million ( approximately 30 %) in state funding reimbursement for all eligible project costs . The project will build a new school on the field adjacent to the existing school building . The Design Development phase was completed in March and the project is now in the Construction Documents phase . Construction is anticipated to be completed by September of 2027 . Design of the Lincoln - Eliot School at 150 Jackson Road was completed and the project was put out to bid in the fall of 2023 . A groundbreaking ceremony was held in December 2023 and the project is currently in construction . Selective demolition is complete , foundations for the new addition are being poured , ductwork is being laid out and interior framing has begun . Construction is approximately 20 % complete , with completion expected for the start of school in September 2025 .
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