[Ed note: My Southborough accepts signed letters to the editor submitted by Southborough residents. Letters may be emailed to mysouthborough@gmail.com.
The following letter is from Amelia Braun.] Read the full article → from Letter: Continued Concerns about the Neary Project
Over the past week, two key committees cast votes related to the Town’s plans for dealing with school building needs. Here are the highlights. Read the full article → from School Building Project Update: February Special Town Meeting (Updated)
The Select Board plans to ask Southborough voters to approve funding 1-3 Feasibility Studies for a school renovation or addition, plus urgently needed work on the Neary School roof.
The ask will be presented at a Special Town Meeting, tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 7th. If the expense is high enough, Town election voters may also need to approve a ballot measure in May. Read the full article → from School Building Update: Special Town Meeting in March on Study Options and Neary Roof
This week, the Southborough Select Board continued to discuss the plan to bring a building project forward. That included important upcoming meeting dates and next steps.
It also included the start of a debate around which options, and how many, should be presented to voters for potential study. Read the full article → from School Building Project Update
Officials are working towards holding another Special Town Meeting on spending on Southborough school buildings. But this time, there will be big differences.
The Select Board and School Committee are targeting spring for a meeting that will focus on Feasibility Studies and Schematic Plans. They will ask for funding the work for multiple potential building/renovation project(s). Read the full article → from Officials agree to bring school building research choices to voters (Updated)
On Tuesday night, the Select Board heard the final report from the PreK-8 School Building Committee. The committee gave them a lot of data to reflect on when the board decides what next steps to take.
Here’s my high level overview of the picture presented and highlights from the meeting. Read the full article → from School Buildings Update
The PreK-8 School Building Committee has updated and added documents for its presentation to the Select Board tonight. This is expected to be the committee’s final report. Read the full article → from Updated PreK-8 School Building Committee docs for tonight’s report
As I’ve previously posted, the PreK-8 School Building Committee is scheduled to present its findings to the Select Board this Tuesday.
They have a lot of data to share, and a member reached out to get started. Read the full article → from PreK-8 School Building Committee shares documents for Tuesday’s meeting (Updated – again)
I know many readers want to know about the steps Town and school officials are making to handle school building issues in the wake of voters rejecting the Neary Building Project last spring. So, it’s time for an update. Read the full article → from Update on School Building Research & Neary Roof Replacement (Updated)
Last month, the Southborough School Committee submitted an Article for the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting in October. It requests borrowing over $4MM to replace Neary School’s roof.
This week, Select Board members raised the possibility of not including the Article on the Warrant. But in their discussion, they got a key fact wrong. Read the full article → from Fall Town Meeting: Neary Roof may (or may not) be on the Warrant
Last night, the Southborough Select Board unanimously voted against requesting an extension on the state grant for the Neary Building Project.
That kills any remaining hope that project supporters had for building a new 4-grade school at Neary to open for the school year 2028-2029. But this doesn’t mean the end of the Towns’ efforts to pursue a school building project of some kind. Read the full article → from Town won’t request MSBA funding extension for Neary Project
Tomorrow night, the Select Board will vote on whether to request an extension for getting voters’ approval to fund the Neary School Building project. The last time the question came up, the board was split. But the majority had been in favor of keeping the option alive, while the Town continues to explore how to handle school building issues. Read the full article → from Select Board to discuss extending MSBA funding to keep Neary project possibility alive (Updated)
This week, the PreK-8 School Building Committee discussed its work pulling together information on potential school building projects. Meanwhile, the Southborough School Committee has been discussing asking Town Meeting voters this fall to spend about $4M to replace Neary School’s roof. Read the full article → from Update on School Building plans
The Town is promoting a new survey on the the previously proposed school building project and potential future votes. Read the full article → from Take the School Building Survey (Updated)