Stoneham School Building Committee approves new school project
COURTESY OF THE STONEHAM SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
The Stoneham School Building Committee approved the new Stoneham High School project and authorized the Schematic Design submission to the Massachusetts School Building Authority on June 21.
For the past two years, the SSBC and MSBA have been working on a feasibility study to address the conditions of the current high school site. The study has concluded that the most cost-effective, sustainable and educationally appropriate solution is a new Stoneham High School. The proposed new building will be constructed on the current Franklin Street site.
The building design consists of two wings, connected by Spartan Place on the first floor and a media bridge on the second floor. The east side of the building will house the district offices, the high school offices, the pre-kindergarten program, academic classrooms on the second and third floors, a gymnasium with an elevated walking track and the food service and cafeteria area with access to Spartan Plaza, an outdoor seating and potential classroom space. The west side of the building will be two stories with a state-of-the-art Auditorium, media spaces, music and choral class spaces and maker spaces.