The High School Building Committee (HSBC) is scheduled to meet on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. in the School Committee conference room on the second floor of the Wayland Town Building. The agenda includes preparation for special Town Meeting and planning for a third public forum prior to the election. The community is welcome [...]
Wayland Town Crier 10/22/09: Committee members and residents gearing up for High School vote . The High School Building Committee is making the rounds to inform residents about the proposed $70.8 million Wayland High School building project, which needs a majority vote at the ballot on Nov. 17 and a two-thirds vote at special Town [...]
Boston Globe 10/22/09: Some suburbs face votes on tax hikes as others demur . Voters in a number of area communities will consider property tax increases to raise millions of dollars for capital projects in the coming weeks, while a few other towns are shying away from large requests amid the down economy.In Wayland, if [...]
Wayland Town Crier 10/8/09: Effect on taxes from proposed Wayland High School building project. After nearly seven years spent advocating for a new or renovated High School, town committees and supporters have just weeks to convince voters to support the project at the ballot on Nov. 17 and at special Town Meeting starting Nov. 18. [...]
Metrowest Daily News 10/2/09: Wayland could get $25M for new high school. The town can expect to receive up to $25 million from the state for its proposed $70.8 million high school project. The school project comes up for a vote as a ballot question on Nov. 17, where it will need a simple majority [...]
Boston Globe 9/30/09: State gives initial approval to $600m in school construction . State officials approved approximately $600 million in funding for school construction projects in 15 districts throughout the state today in a move that State Treasurer Tim Cahill said would provide a boost to the state’s economy. Among the school districts approved for [...]
The Massachusetts State Building Authority (MSBA) Board today voted to approve the proposed Wayland High School Modernization and Expansion Project and to contribute up to $25 million for the project. The Wayland High School Building Committee (HSBC) submitted the project for MSBA approval after completing a Feasibility Study and Schematic Design project this summer. Along [...]
Boston Globe 9/17/09: Wayland, other towns building new schools find competition for space. Throughout the planning process for the new Wayland High School, advocates for the facility’s wide range of interests have found you can’t always get what you want. The specialized science laboratories have won approval, but not the new gymnasium, and a compromise [...]
Wayland Town Crier 9/10/09: Committee reviewing cost estimates for new high school. The High School Building Committee (HSBC) met on Sept. 3 to review cost estimates and continue developing the budget of the Wayland High School building project. The team must submit the project scope and budget to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) on [...]
The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) Board of Directors voted to approve Wayland’s feasibility study and preferred schematic design option on July 29. Katherine Craven, MSBA executive director, wrote to Superintendent Gary Burton, "I wanted to share with you the board’s vote to approve Wayland to proceed into schematic design for the replacement of the [...]
Wayland Town Crier 7/30/09: Wayland High School building project advances to next stage, with the MSBA voting to move Wayland High School into the next phase in the process for potential state reimbursement on its building project. The project will now move into the schematic design phase where the town of Wayland will work in [...]
Wayland Town Crier 7/23/09: Update from High School Building Committee. The MSBA and Wayland have agreed on a total square foot for new construction at 154,350 square feet. MSBA also indicated they will participate in renovation of the Field House. MSBA will not participate in funding a wastewater treatment plant, demolition of existing buildings, swing [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/11/09: Moving forward on Wayland High School building option. The High School Building Committee briefly describes the options they presented at their May 19 Public Forum, and the state of the process.
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING #75 THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009 7:30 PM WAYLAND TOWN BUILDING, SCHOOL COMMITTEE CONFERENCE ROOM AGENDA 7:30pm Comments from the Public 7:40pm General project update – David Saindon 7:50pm MSBA meeting update Options discussion Ed Spec (current MSBA positions and future [...]
The following was submitted by the High School Building Committee: On May 21, Mary Pichetti and John Jumpe from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) toured Wayland High School with Principal Pat Tutwiler, Assistant Principal Allyson Mizoguchi, architect Steve Millingon, project manager David Saindon, and High School Building Committee (HSBC) Chairwoman Lea Anderson. The purpose [...]
Boston Globe 5/28/09: Natick signs on to recycled school plan, while Wayland passes. Fed up with costly construction projects like the $197.3 million Newton North High School, the state decided last year to try a thriftier approach. Communities could modify the plans of two existing high schools, and theoretically save millions in design expenses. Natick [...]
Below is the agenda for Thursday’s HSBC meeting. It will also be posted on the HSBC web site shortly. The May 21st forum presentation and documented comments and questions are available on the web site. HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE MEETING #74 THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2009 7:30 PM WAYLAND TOWN BUILDING, SCHOOL COMMITTEE CONFERENCE ROOM AGENDA 7:30 p.m. Comments from [...]
The recent support of Wayland voters on Election Day and at Town Meeting for funds for the Feasibility Study/Schematic Design allows the High School Building Committee (HSBC) to finalize the designer contract with HMFH Architects. It also allows the HSBC to present the designer contract and the Feasibility Study Agreement to the Wayland School Committee [...]
Wayland Town Crier 4/2/09: High School Building Committee meeting update . At the High School Building Committee (HSBC) meeting on March 26, education facilities planner Frank Locker reviewed the progress on the educational specification for Wayland High School. He first presented a conceptual diagram that was the favored approach of the Futures Team. It included [...]
Wayland Town Crier 4/2/09: Inside look at debt exclusion ballot questions. The chairwoman of the High School Building Committee (HBSC) assured a standing-room only crowd at Candidates Night that approval of a ballot question for a High School design study will not result in a “Taj Mahal,” but instead a no-frills project that will be [...]
Massachusetts School Building Authority 3/26/09: MSBA. The MSBA is working with the 106 communities (including Wayland) that are currently in their capital pipeline to develop an eligible project scope, schedule and cost that the MSBA will reimburse. The MSBA has set aside resources for these potential projects.
Wayland Student Press Network 3/25/09: April 7 vote to determine fate of WHS construction. On April 7th, Wayland residents will vote on the question of whether or not to allocate $315,000 towards funding the design of a new Wayland High School. During WHS’s most recent accreditation report, in 2005, the New England Association of Schools [...]
Wayland Town Crier 3/26/09: Update from High School Building Committee. The High School Building Committee (HSBC) held a briefing for candidates before its regular meeting on March 19. Four Wayland School Committee candidates (Malcolm Astley, Jeff Baron, Steve Glovsky and Paul Grasso) and three Board of Selectmen candidates (Tom Fay, Susan Pope and Alan Reiss) [...]
Boston Globe 3/26/09: Mass. School Building Authority projects funding shortfall. With sales tax revenue on a steady decline, the Massachusetts School Building Authority is projecting its portion of state funds will fall short by at least $100 million this fiscal year. Katherine Craven, the authority’s executive director, said that if the state isn’t able to [...]
Wayland Town Crier 3/12/09: Debt exclusion questions on ballot. Approval of a debt exclusion question on the April 7 ballot is crucial to moving forward on design plans for a new high school, according to town officials, and is the only chance for the project to move to the top of the list for state [...]
Metrowest Daily News 1/2/09:State has money for school projects… for now. While other areas of state government struggle mightily for funding, the Massachusetts School Building Authority has money set aside to pay for school projects, but like all good things, this will not go on forever. The MSBA receivesone cent from the five-cent state sales [...]
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