Construction progress
Watch Killam
take shape
Construction has started on the Killam site at 333 Charles Street. The project team posts a progress update every month, after each Building Committee meeting.
Site work & construction underway
Progress, month by month
Browse construction by month. New photos and progress notes are added after each monthly Building Committee meeting — the full construction reports live inside each month's meeting packet.
August 2026
Site preparation is moving fast. Tree clearing and grubbing are underway across the field, with excavators working behind the construction fencing while the 1969 building still stands beyond the work area. The August Building Committee meeting was held on August 17; the meeting packet will be posted to the Meetings page.
July 2026
The Building Committee met July 20 — the packet, including the construction progress report, is available in the archive.
Photos coming. Progress photography for July 2026 will be posted here after the monthly committee update. Only real photographs of the Killam site are ever shown.
June 2026
The Building Committee met June 15 — the packet, including the construction progress report, is available in the archive.
Photos coming. Progress photography for June 2026 will be posted here after the monthly committee update. Only real photographs of the Killam site are ever shown.
May 2026
The Building Committee met twice in May (May 11 and May 21). Packets and minutes are available in the archive.
Photos coming. Progress photography for May 2026 will be posted here after the monthly committee update. Only real photographs of the Killam site are ever shown.
The construction site
One site, carefully sequenced
The new school is being built on the existing 7.28-acre Killam site between Charles Street and Haverhill Street. After the new building opens, the 1969 building is removed and the site — fields, play areas and landscaping — is completed.
The final site plan review was completed in August 2025; the full drawing set and logistics plans are part of the project document archive.
The transformation
From 1969 to next
The New Killam · Rendering
Killam Today · 1969Left: existing school — drone photo courtesy of ReadingRecap.com · Right: project rendering — Lavallee Brensinger Architects
Project snapshot
The one-pager
The team's printable project overview, published September 2025 as the project headed into bidding and construction.
Read “What to Expect This Fall”