Background & Timeline
Project Timeline 2002: Mt. Vernon report issued on the conditions of all elementary schools. 2009-2016: West Parish building project for a new school building which welcomed students September 2016. 2014: Architects prepared a Master Plan Study of all Gloucester Elementary Schools (except for West Parish) and determined that East Gloucester was the most in need of a new facility. June, 2016: Statement of Interest submitted to MSBA for East Gloucester School. February, 2017: East Gloucester School was selected by the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) to be considered for a new or renovated school building. 90 projects submitted applications, and only 17 were were selected for the entire state. September, 2017: The Gloucester School District established the East Gloucester/Veterans School Building Committee to help oversee the new school building project. December, 2017: Gloucester City Council voted unanimously in favor of funding a feasibility study to determine the most viable site for a new school building in Gloucester. February, 2018: Massachusetts School Building Authority announces that Gloucester is one of six school districts in the state selected to move forward with a feasibility study. April-May, 2018: Project Manager firm CBRE / Heery selected through an RFP process. June, 2018: Feasibility Study commences. November, 2018: Project Designer Dore & Whittier selected through MSBA panel selection process. December, 2018: Dore & Whittier contracted by City of Gloucester and begins work on identifying a feasible site for new school building. 2019: Feasibility study conducted throughout the year. August, 2019: Preliminary Design submitted to MSBA July, 2020: Schematic Design submitted to MSBA August 27, 2020: MSBA voted to approve the EGS/Veterans' school project. November 3, 2020: City of Gloucester voters approved the EGS/Veterans' school building project by voting for the debt exclusion funding. This is a major milestone in the project and allows the project team to begin working on the detailed construction documents and planning for site work. December 8, 2020: Gloucester City Council voted to approve the loan authorization for the EGS/Veterans' school building project. UPCOMING KEY DATES Late March 2020: Detailed Design approval by the School Building Committee Summer 2020: Demolition of Veterans' Memorial School and beginning of site work. September 2023: Anticipated opening of a new EGS/Veterans' school building if project is approved by voters. |
About the Project: In February, 2017 East Gloucester School was selected by the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) to be considered for a new or renovated school building. 90 schools submitted applications, and only 17 projects were were selected for the entire state. As part of this project, the Gloucester Schools were allowed to explore consolidation of East Gloucester and Veterans Schools into one elementary school, with one new building to house both student populations. After a multi-step process to determine the location a new school building should be built, the Building Committee selected the Veterans' Memorial School site for a consolidated school. The MSBA will contribute significant funding (59% of eligible project costs) to a new elementary school in Gloucester. Project Team
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