Fort River Elementary School building plans advance in Amherst Fort River Elementary School Published: 2/12/2021 10:52:49 AM AMHERST — An expanded, renovated or rebuilt Fort River Elementary School, with significant financial support from the state, is moving to the feasibility stage. The board of directors for the Massachusetts School Building Authority on Thursday invited Amherst, as well as Maynard and Winchester, into the next step in the process of getting a school project completed. “These feasibility studies will carefully examine potential solutions to the issues identified at the school facilities and will help us develop the most cost-effective plan to address those issues,” State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg, chairwoman of the MSBA, said in a statement.