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UPDATE- FEBRUARY 6, 2025
The Middle School addition/renovation is complete.
With the acceptance of the Kittredge School into the MSBA Feasibility Study, the design and construction dates have been moved out. The new plan is to seek funding for the design and construction of the project at the May, 2026 Town Meeting. For more information on the Kittredge School project please click on tab above.
The years and project orders of the plan have changed due to the changes to the timeline of the Kittredge School as required by the MSBA and current school budget issues.
1. Fire Station (Design in FY25 and construction FY27)
2. Youth Center (Design in FY26 and construction in FY29)
3. Kittredge School (Design and construction in FY27)
4. Franklin School gym (construction FY30)
The School Committee will need to provide guidance on whether the outer years of Facilities Master Plan II are still in line with their strategic vision. As they complete that important work, we will update the future years of Facilities Master Plan II.
HISTORY
The North Andover Master Facilities Plan II is a comprehensive assessment of the space needs of three elementary schools (Atkinson Elementary, Kittredge Elementary and the Franklin Elementary) as well as the North Andover Middle School, Fire Station #2, the Youth Center, and the Anne Bradstreet Early Childhood Center (ABECC). In 2020, the Town hired Mount Vernon Group Architects to conduct the assessments, which included the building envelope, the roofing system, the interior conditions, structural systems, and all mechanical systems. Please click here to see the assessment reports.
In December of 2020, the School Committee created the School Capacity Subcommittee to explore options regarding school buildings. On September 23, 2021, the North Andover School Committee voted to recommend the following school projects to the North Andover Facilities Master Plan Working Group:
Renovate and add capacity to the North Andover Middle School
Renovate and add capacity to Atkinson Elementary
Renovate and add capacity to Franklin Elementary, including a new gym
Build a new Kittredge on the same site as the existing Kittredge
Build a gym for the ABECC on the site of the preschool playground and relocate the preschool playground next to the kindergarten playground
For more detailed information regarding the work of the School Capacity Subcommittee, please click here.
The Town Manager formed the working group to help create a financing plan and timeline for the projects. The tasks included accounting for levy capacity, costs of construction, inflation, operating costs tied to any new projects, and forecasting future needs. Based on these factors, the recommended order of projects is as follows:
1. Middle School (Design in FY23 and construction FY24)
2. Kittredge School(Design in FY23 and construction in FY25)
3. Fire Station (Design in FY25 and construction FY26)
4. Franklin gymnasium (Construction FY26)
5. Atkinson School (Design in FY 26 and construction in F28)
6. Youth Center (Design in FY27 and construction FY28)
7. Franklin School (Design in FY33 and construction FY35)
8. ABECC (Design in FY35 and construction in FY36)
The Facilities Master Plan II Final Report was originally issued on February 8, 2022 and updated on March 8, 2022, when the Town was notified it was accepted into the Massachusetts School Building Authority Program. The complete report is below.
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