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THE TOTAL RENOVATION, RECONSTRUCTION AND EXPANSION OF North
Reading's oldest school, the 1917 L.D. Batchelder Elementary School, remains on tar-
get one year into the $18.5 million project. Students in grades K-5 will attend classes at
the old Central School in Stoneham for one more year. Classes are slated to resume at
the Batchelder by the start of the 2006-07 school year.
(Transcript photo by Maureen Doherty)
Three ongoing construction
projects keep Reading busy
Bv PAUL FEELY
READING - The School
Committee recently received a
report by representatives from
Ai3, the project management
firm overseeing the three ongo-
ing school construction pro
jects in the town of Reading.
The following is a summary of
the highlights of the reports on
construction of a new high
school, renovation of the Bar-
rows Elementary School, and
the finishing touches being
placed on the new Wood End
Elementary School.
Reading Memorial High
School
Work on the new lacrosse
" field has been completed. The
goal posts and an 'add players'
bench area have been installed.
The fencing of the perimeter of
the field is complete except for
the relocation of the players'
gate at the bench area. The
Reading Municipal Light
Department is planning on
lighting the field in the near
future.
The progress of the stadium
field is on schedule. The
drainage, stone layer, and chok-
er course have all been set to
grade. Pressbox construction is
ongoing, with Cornerstone
Masonry erecting the CMU
walls. The structural steel for
the site is there and was erect-
ed at the end of July.
The A and D buildings are
in the final stage of completion.
The school administration
and facilities department exe-
cuted a complex and time-sen-
sitive move of offices, furniture
and fixtures without any prob-
lems.
The transition from Phase I
to Phase II is a major mile-
stone for the high school pro-
ject. Many inspections, reviews,
certifications, and approvals
are currently underway, but all
items are on schedule for a
timely transition and occupan-
cy. The new stadium is also on
schedule for completion, and
the new three-story academic
wing will be available for occu-
pancy in the fall of 2005.
The total project budget for
RMHS remains at $55,144,752,
with total expenditures to date
coming at $22,168,776.96, or 40.2
percent of the total budget.
Barrows Elementary
School
The contractors has been
working in recent weeks on
final items required for inspec-
tions and acceptance of the
new and renovated sections of
Barrows. The site subcontrac-
tors work on the site ramps,
walks, and curbing is now com-
plete. The landscaping, planti-
ng and grasswork as also been
conducted.
A roofing contractor worked
on the gutters and rain conduc-
tors recently in preparation for
a final inspection in accor-
dance with the warranty for
the roof system.
The new elevator work has
been completed and the HVAC,
electrical, plumbing and sprin-
kler systems are being
installed.
New furniture has been sent
to the school, as well as furni-
ture that is being moved back
. to the site from the Wood End
School (students who attend
the Barrows School attended
class at the new Wood End
School during the 2004-2005
school year, while the renova-
tion work at Barrows was ongo-
ing).
The total project budget for
the Barrows renovation work
remains at $8,284,153 68, and
the total project expenditure to
date is $6,874,089.53, or approxi-
mately 83 percent of the total
budget
Wood End Elementary
School
. A group of residents and
town officials, working togeth-
er, have compiled a list of pro
posed improvements and regu-
lations to alleviate traffic prob-
lems at the Wood End Elemen-
tary School.
The Wood End Working
Group, as it was known, includ-
ed many residents that live in
and around the school, Town
Manager Peter Hechenbleikner,
Selectman Joe Duffy, Superin-
tendent of Schools Pat Schetti
ni, and other school depart
ment and town personnel. The
group developed a list of over-
all guidelines, evaluated pro-
posals, made recommenda-
tions, and conducted a survey
of the parents of students who
will attend the school during
the 2005-2006 school year.
The following is a list of
items that the group agreed
needs to be accomplished:
•Access to the school should
be from as many points as pos-
sible, thereby dispersing the
impact of school access among
as many neighborhoods as
practical;
•Additional parking on site
is a priority;
•The commitment made
when the school was approved
was that there would be no
through traffic at the site,
except for when deemed neces-
sary by public safety vehicles
and public works vehicles
(such as snow plows);
•The school administration
needs to work on a methodolo-
gy to manage student pick-up
and drop-off, and examples of
how other school districts have
achieved this were given to the
School Department to look
over.
The following proposed con-
struction items were also dis-
cussed, and the following items
have already been funded and
will be under construction this
season:
•Additional parking spaces
on site. A plan has been
approved and is under con-
struction, which will increase
' the number of parking spaces
on site. The $30,000 project is
being conducted by the town's
DPW, with the funds coming
from the school department. It
will be completed by the start
of the 2005 2006 school year
•Flashing 'school' signs
with a built-in speed board will
be installed on Franklin Street
at the location of existing
school zone signs < at a cost of
$10,000).
•The group determined a
list of several areas near the
school that would be improved
through the creation of side-
walks, but only two locations
are currently being funded -
the north side of Franklin
Street from Sunset Rock Lane
to William Road (a distance of
926 feet at an estimated cost of
$56,000), and the north side of
Franklin Street from Sunset
Rock Lane to Fox Run Lane (a
distance of 672 feet at an esti-
mated cost of $41,000).
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