Timeline

Rolling timeline of team actions leading up to the creation of the 5-year plan, approval, and so forth execution of the plan include:


January -June 2018: FI conducts all school tours and stakeholder workshops based on the the following

timeline and calendar, this outreach was an enormous effort to engage community members, teachers,

students and administration in a discovery process. 


September 17th 2018: FI issues final draft of the Facility Assessment Report to CPS.


October 5th 2018: FI shares a series of bond options for consideration with CPS leadership.


October 5th-11th 2018: CPS provides feedback, and FI shares final revisions of bond options.


November 14th 2018: CPS presents the Master Plan and Facility assessment as well as the final

selected bond options to the public.


March 2019: Cranston School Committee approves 5 year plan.


April 2019: Cranston City Council approves 5 year plan.


April 2019: The final draft of the CPS Masterplan is issued to CPS leadership & RIDE SBA for record.


September 16th 2019: FI & Jacobs submit Stage I application to RIDE SBA for the 2020 bond work.


October 23, 2019: Rhode Island Department of Education School Building Authority issues approval of

the Stage I application.


September 2019 - February 2020: FI and Jacobs compile Stage II documentation in accordance with this

schedule and checklist.


February 17th 2020: FI and Jacobs compile Stage II documentation the 2020 bond work.


May 8th 2020: Rhode Island Department of Education School Building Authority issues approval of the

Stage II application and recommendation to the Council on Elementary and Secondary Education  to

support the district’s proposed 5 year capital improvement plan.


October 8th 2020: FI presents a design update to Garden City community members and the Parent

Teacher Organization.


November 3rd 2020: Election Day in which CPS bond is approved by Cranston Voters, and the Garden

City Elementary School project is authorized by the public to proceed.


December 2020: FI conducts stakeholder workshops with Garden City Teachers to get design feedback.


February 12th 2021: FI and Jacobs compile Stage III Schematic Design documentation for Garden City

Elementary School.



The timeline of plans over the five years is as follows, although details are subject to change:


Garden City Elementary School:

Project Timeline from design to completion: November 2021 - Spring 2023

Construction Timeline: August 2021 - Spring 2023


Gladstone Elementary School:

Project Timeline from design to completion: January 2022 - June 2025

Construction Timeline: July 2023 - May 2025


Phased Renovation Projects:  


Phased Renovation Project 1: Eden Park Elementary School (East Wing and Gym):

Project timeline from design to completion: September 2021-August 2024

Construction timeline: Phased over three summers: 2022, 2023, 2024


Phased Renovation Project 2: Cranston High School West (bathrooms, security, HVAC, envelope):

Project timeline from design to completion: January 2021-August 2024

Construction timeline: Phased over three summers: 2021, 2023, 2024


Phased Renovation Project 3: Park View Middle School (Security, HVAC, Envelope):

Project timeline from design to completion: January 2022-August 2023

Construction timeline: Phased over two summers 2022, 2023