Killam School Building Project Update

This week the project team prepared for the next community meeting on April 1st, released a video from KSBC Chair Carla Nazzaro and received an update on completed and in-progress activities from LBA. WEEKLY UPDATE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

Killam School Building Project Community Meeting

Join us for the next Killam School Project Community Meeting! The April 1st meeting taking place at Killam will focus on site development options. The community will have the opportunity to review and provide feedback on site development plans and share the results of the educational visioning process.

Killam School Building Project Update

This week the project team held the Traffic and Site Community Listening Session, planned for visits to new local schools, and began planning for upcoming community meetings. Weekly update highlights include:

Killam School Building Project Update

This week the project team has focused on completing a variety of project tasks, website updates and augmentations, preparing for Monday’s upcoming Traffic and Site Community Listening Session, and ensuring our communications are reaching as much of the community as possible. Weekly update highlights include:

Killam School Building Committee Site & Traffic Listening Session

Join us for the next community meeting on Monday, March 18th at 7:00 PM at the Killam School to discuss traffic impact and site design. LBA and GPI, our traffic engineer, will share the findings of the traffic study and also solicit feedback and concerns from the community to inform traffic and site planning. The activity will be annotating plans of the neighborhood with known traffic issues and concerns. We hope you can join us and share your knowledge of …

Killam School Building Project Update

This week the project team has been hard at work meeting with the public and stakeholders developing sustainability goals, sharing the updated project charter, and working to understand educational programming needs for a new school. Weekly update highlights include:

Killam School Building Committee Sustainability Goals

Give us your feedback! Join the Killam School Building Committee and the design team from Lavallee Brensinger Architects (LBA) on Thursday, FEBRUARY 29, 2024 from 5:30-7PM in the RMHS library to give your feedback on the sustainability goals identified for the new elementary school building project. A hybrid option will be available as well for those who prefer to participate remotely: https://readingpsma.zoom.us/j/85339034443 We want to hear from you! *The Reading Memorial High School Library is on the second floor, accessible …

What’s Ahead in the Project

The Killam School Building Committee is currently reviewing bids from four firms to serve as the project designer. Later this month, the MSBA will convene a Designer Selection Panel to create and interview a shortlist of candidates, discuss the qualifications of each submission, vote on, and hire a design firm to bring us through the completion of this project. Following MSBA recommendations, the district will be represented by the Town Manager (Fidel Maltez), Superintendent (Dr. Thomas Milaschewski), and Killam School …

Killam School Building Community Meeting

The Killam School Building Committee is moving forward into the “design” stage of the planning for a new Killam School Building. The committee invites anyone in the Reading community to join us on January 11th for a community meeting to offer feedback as we begin the design process for the new Killam School! The design architects for this project, Lavallee Brensinger Architects (LBA), will share information about the project process and the bulk of the meeting will be spent brainstorming …