K-8 Capacity Study Community Meeting

The community meeting previously scheduled for Tuesday, December 5th has been postponed to Tuesday, December 19th at 6:30 p.m. At the meeting, City and SPS staff will present our K-8 Capacity Study report that will inform both short- and long-term planning for school buildings. The meeting on December 19th will be held in the Somerville High School cafeteria, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Pizza and refreshments will be provided.

Staff from the Somerville Parks and Recreation Department will provide activities for school-aged children during the meeting. Interpretation will be available in Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, and Mandarin.

We made the decision to postpone the meeting as we anticipate that the Board of the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) will vote in mid-December on which school districts to invite into their funding program. This vote will impact timelines for potential building projects, and understanding whether or not we will be invited into the MSBA program this year will help inform our next steps.

At the meeting on December 19th, we will go over facilities and enrollment analysis collected over the past 18 months across all of our school buildings, kick off a community engagement process to gather feedback on how to address facilities challenges in our district, and discuss immediate next steps toward building a new school.

Refreshments and kids activities will be offered.

If you have any questions, please email communications@k12.somerville.ma.us.