Facilities committee backs advancing Middlesex Middle School educational specifications to the full board

The Board of Education Facilities Committee heard a detailed presentation on the Middlesex Middle School educational specifications and capital planning and signaled support to move the specifications to the full board for consideration. Eric Kire of KG&D, the lead consultant, told the committee the goal was "to receive a recommendation from you all to proceed to the Board of Ed associated with approving the educational specifications for Middlesex Middle School." The specs describe required spaces, campus systems and program needs and are intended to make the project eligible for state grant funding.

Consultants said the next steps would include the board approving a project and requesting a building committee, retaining design and construction professionals over the winter, completing schematic design and proving local funding in spring so the district can submit a final grant application by May–June 2027. Committee members requested that the full board be shown a menu of options — including both renovation and larger-addition alternatives — so members can weigh cost, program and community-use tradeoffs before finalizing the district's preferred project.