Join the Community Forum on Somerville's New School Building Project March 3rd

The City is planning to build a new school at 115 Sycamore Street. All community members are invited to come learn more about the project and share their perspective at an upcoming community forum on Tuesday, March 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Somerville High School’s Highlander Forum.

During this meeting Mayor Wilson and Superintendent Carmona will share an overview of the project and process moving forward. City staff along with project architects, Perkins Eastman, will also present on the work done so far, share preliminary design options, and discuss next steps.

Following presentations, there will be an opportunity to ask questions followed by space for community members to share their thoughts on how the building can best serve our students as well as express any concerns they might have.

The information and feedback gathered will be used by the City’s project team and architects to help inform preliminary design efforts and work moving forward.

More About the Community Forum

• Time and Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2026, from 6 to 8 p.m.

• Location: Somerville High School, Highlander Forum, 81 Highland Avenue

Interpretation into Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian-Creole, Nepali, Mandarin, and Cantonese will be available.

More About the Project

Somerville is building a new school at 115 Sycamore Street and working with the Massachusetts School Building Authority to access state funding to help cover the cost. This new school building will meet a range of Somerville School District needs, and various design options for how to configure quality learning environments within a larger structure are being considered.

To maximize opportunities for our students, the City is working to build a school with the largest possible capacity the state will financially support--approximately 900 students. Overall, the project will deliver the following:

• It will provide a new location (projected to be complete by late 2031) for the roughly 450 seats for Winter Hill Community Innovation School students who were displaced when their old school building closed in 2023.

• Approximately 250 student seats would ultimately be relocated from the Brown School to the new school building at 115 Sycamore Street no earlier than fall 2032.

• Additional capacity to meet the future needs of approximately 200 students within the school district.

In addition to this community forum, the City, along with project architect Perkins Eastman, will host a series of opportunities for the community to learn more about ongoing preliminary design work, ask questions, and provide design feedback.

Learn more, sign up for a monthly project newsletter, and stay up to date on the project at somervillema.gov/newschool. Email capitalprojects@somervillema.gov or contact 311 with any questions.

Persons with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication (i.e., CART, ASL), written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures to access the programs, activities, and meetings of the City of Somerville should please contact Adrienne Pomeroy in advance at 617-625-6600 x 2059 or apomeroy@somervillema.gov. 

The City of Somerville can provide you with an interpreter in your language for free. To request an interpreter, please contact us at languageaccess@somervillema.gov or call 311 (617-666-3311) at least 7 days in advance of this event. 

This event will be videotaped by the City’s GovTV team. Watch it on-demand with optional closed-captioning (select the CC icon) on YouTube.com/SomervilleCityTV. Or watch on cable TV at GovTV ( somervillema.gov/video) Comcast Ch. 22 and GovTV Astound (RCN) Ch. 13 & 613. Videos generally post within one business day of recording.