Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Massachusetts School Building Authority School District Hingham District Contact Dorothy Galo TEL: (781) 741-1500 Name of School Hingham Middle School Submission Date 11/14/2008
Note Please note that Hingham has a Board of Selectmen with 3 (not 5) members. The SOI system would not accept the number 3 in this field so the number "5" was entered. The following Priorities have been included in the Statement of Interest: 1. g c Replacement or renovation of a building which is structurally unsound or otherwise in a condition seriously jeopardizing d e f the health and safety of school children, where no alternative exists. 2. g b Elimination of existing severe overcrowding. c d e f 3. g c Prevention of the loss of accreditation. d e f 4. g b Prevention of severe overcrowding expected to result from increased enrollments. c d e f 5. g b Replacement, renovation or modernization of the heating system in a schoolhouse to increase energy conservation and c d e f decrease energy related costs in the schoolhouse. 6. g c Short term enrollment growth. d e f 7. g b Replacement of or addition to obsolete buildings in order to provide for a full range of programs consistent with state c d e f and approved local requirements. 8. g c Transition from court-ordered and approved racial balance school districts to walk-to, so-called, or other school d e f districts. Potential Project Scope:
Major Project
Is this SOI the District Priority SOI? YES The MSBA ID for the District Priority SOI:
2009 Hingham Middle School
District Goal for School: Please explain the educational goals of any potential project at this school In 2002, the School Committee began the development of an updated ten year school faciltiy plan. The process started with an independent engineering evaluation of the school facilites. This study was followed by an independent, in-depth study of the Town's demographics and the development of ten year school enrollment projections. These reports were used by a School Facility Study Committee approved at the April 2005 Annual Town Meeting to develop the ten year school faciltiy plan which would resolve the current and antipated overcrowding and would address problems associated with three older school buildings. The Study Committe considered a number of options to address these problems. In its report to the School Committe, the Study Committee recommended that the pre-k to grade 5, 6-8 and 9 to 12 grade organization be maintained, that a new elementary school be constructed and that the Hingham Middle School be expanded and renovated. In 2007, when the MSBA requested school districts to identify the one, highest priority facility need, Hingham identified the elementary overcrowding as its highest priority. In 2008, the Town approved the constuction of a new elementary school with funding from the MSBA, major capital improvements to the two older elementary schools and the addition of five modular classrooms at the Massachusetts School Building Authority
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Hingham Middle School. The modular classrooms at the Middle School are a temporary, "stop gap" measure to address only the current problem of insufficient number of classrooms. To address the problems of current and future overcrowding at the Hingham Middle School, to address the need for expanded core space, the need for additional classrooms as the enrollment continues to increase, and to address the problems associated with a 46 year old, clean and well maintained facility whose building systems are at or beyond their expected useful life are now the Town's highest priority school facility problems. Is this part of a larger facilities plan? YES If "YES", please provide the following: Facilities Plan Date: 1/27/2006 Planning Firm: Architecture Involution Please provide an overview of the plan including as much detail as necessary to describe the plan, its goals and how the school facility that is the subject of this SOI fits into that plan: See above Please provide the current student to teacher ratios at the school facility that is the subject of this SOI: 22 students per teacher. Please provide the originally planned student to teacher ratios at the school facility that is the subject of this SOI: 99 students per teacher. Is there overcrowding at the school facility? YES If "YES", please describe in detail, including specific examples of the overcrowding. Given the Middle School's current program of studies and desired student/teacher ratios of 25 or less to 1, the school capacity is approximately 770 students. The enrollment as of October 2008 was 894 and is expected to continue to increase to approximatley 1000. While the addition of 5 modular classrooms this school year has eased the problem of class scheduling, both the program of studies as well as class sizes continue to be constrained by the overall size of the school. In addition, the core facilities are severely strained by the overcrowding including undersized classrooms, cafeteria, library-media center, gymnasium and auditorium. There is only one art classroom and it is small. There are an insufficient number of small group instructional spacesand music instruction areas, there is only one small conference room and no computer lab.
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
General Description SITE DESCRIPTION: Please provide a detailed description of the current site and any known existing conditions that would impact a potential project at the site (maximum of 5000 characters).: Hingham Middle School is located on a 31 acre, level site which is bordered by wetlands.
BUILDING ENCLOSURE: Please provide a detailed description of the building enclosure, types of construction materials used, and any known problems or existing conditions (maximum of 5000 characters).: The original 1962 school is a steel framed, brick masonry building with classroom and corridor wood window walls. The 1996 ten room “science wing” addition is a steel framed, brick masonry building with metal thermal pane windows. The brick work in the original building is in fair to good condition and in the 1996, uniformly good condition. The original 46 year old wood single glazed window walls are in poor condition with a substantial amount of wood rot and need to be replaced. Ideally, this work will be done in conjunction with the replacement of classroom unit ventilators which are integrated into the window/wall system. Age of EXTERIOR WALLS (In Years): 46 Year of Last Repair or Replacement: 2008 Description of Last Repair or Replacement: Sections of the wood window walls were painted during the summer of 2008. Due to the extent of wood rot, the painting was done primarily to improve the appearance of the courtyard areas while a total building renovation and expansion plan is developed. Age of ROOF(In Years): 26 Year of Last Repair or Replacement: 2004 Description of Last Repair or Replacement: A comprehensive roof repair program was completed in 2004 in attempt to extend the life of the original building roof by five years. The roof should be replaced at this time. However, another repair program is being considered for FY 2010 in order to buy additional time and to coordinate this work with a total building and renovation and expansion plan. Age of WINDOWS(In Years): 46 Year of Last Repair or Replacement: 2007 Description of Last Repair or Replacement: Windows repairs are done on an on-going basis and include hardware, glazing and track replacements. MECHANICAL and ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS: Please provide a detailed description of the current mechanical and electrical systems, and any known problems or existing conditions (maximum of 5000 characters).: The heating system is an oil fired hot water system. The mechanical system including the distribution systems, circulating pumps, hot water tank, and classroom unit ventilators is all original equipment. The boilers and burners were replaced approximately 20 years ago. The gymnasium and cafeteria are provided with heating and ventilation from indoor air handling units. The library, principal’s office and guidance areas are heated and cooled from a combination of packaged rooftop AC units and hot water duct coils which were installed as part of the 1996 science wing addition. In the 2002 engineering assessment of the building identified the original 1962 classroom unit ventilators, fin tube radiation and exhaust fans to be in “fair” condition and recommended complete replacement within the next 3 to 5 years. The hvac system is managed by a series of clocks and timers and a very conservation minded head custodian who will be retiring within the next few years. There is no computerized energy management system at this school. The electrical service and distribution consists of the original 46 year old service and the new building service (12 years old) Massachusetts School Building Authority
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that is back fed through the existing service via a disconnect tap off of the existing 4200 amp switchboard. While the original switchboard is in good condition, several of the electrical panels have 46 year old “Kelek” inceptable fuse holders which are becoming increasing obsolete, i.e. difficult to find replacements. Lighting in the original building consist of the older florescent “T 12” lamps and fixtures.
Age of BOILERS(In Years): 20 Year of Last Repair or Replacement: 2006 Description of Last Repair or Replacement: The heating plant is routinely serviced and repaired as needed. No major work or upgrades have occurred since new boilers and burners were installed 20 years ago. Age of HVAC SYSTEM (In Years): 46 Year of Last Repair or Replacement: 1996 Description of Last Repair or Replacement: Upgrades to some of the office area and auditorium were done during the 1996 science wing addition. Age of ELECTRICAL SERVICES AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM(In Years): 46 Year of Last Repair or Replacement: 1996 Description of Last Repair or Replacement: The electric service was upgraded at the time of the 1996 science wing addition. The distribution system in the 1962 building is all original equipment. BUILDING INTERIOR: Please provide a detailed description of the current building interior including a description of the flooring systems, finishes, ceilings, lighting, etc. (maximum of 5000 characters).: The building finishes, although generally original, are extremely clean and well maintained. Vinyl asbestos floor tile in the corridors of the original building have been replaced with vinyl composition tile. Classroom floors are in-tact, but are original VAT. Finishes and equipment in the Family and Consumer Science, Industrial Technology and Art classrooms are in need of replacement. Student lockers are all operating properly, but are too narrow to hold backpacks and coats.
PROGRAMS and OPERATIONS: Please provide a detailed description of the current programs offered and indicate whether there are program components that cannot be offered due to facility constraints, operational constraints, etc.: The program of studies include a comprehensive core curriculum in the major disciplines as well as in exploratory subject areas. Overcrowding restricts any new curricula offerings. In addition, the art program is limited to one classroom, there are no computer or foreign language labs, small group instruction space is limited, the physical education program has one inside instructional space, and 6th grade music classes are conducted in general classrooms. CORE EDUCATIONAL SPACES: Please provide a detailed description of the Core Educational Spaces within the facility, a description the number and sizes (in square feet) of classrooms, a description of science rooms/labs including ages and most recent updates, and a description of the media center/library (maximum of 5000 characters).: Original 1962 building: 27 general classrooms of approximately 775 square feet 5 small group instruction spaces 1 art classroom 2 music classrooms 2 family and consumer science classrooms 1 keyboarding lab Massachusetts School Building Authority
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3 “clinical” offices for speech therapist, adjustment counselor and reading teacher 1 auditorium with seating for 260 1 gymnasium 1 cafeteria 1 teacher work room 1996 Addition: 6 science classrooms of approximately 900 square feet 4 general purpose classrooms of approximately 825 square feet 1 library media center and television production classroom 3,240 square feet 1996 remodeled space: 3 guidance offices 3 administrative offices 1 conference room 2008 modular classroom addition: 5 classrooms of 900 square feet each
CAPACITY and UTILIZATION: Please provide a detailed description of the current capacity and utilization of the school facility. If the school is overcrowded, please describe steps taken by the administration to address capacity issues. Please also describe in detail any spaces that have been converted from their intended use to be used as classroom space (maximum of 5000 characters).: The capacity of the school is 770. The installation of 5 modular classrooms this year has increased classroom capacity by approximately 110. Core space has not been increased and remains overcrowded. The following space modifictions have been made in recent years to cope with the enrollment increase: storage area to speech therapy space dark room to reading room music practice rooms to adjustment counselor and reading offices storage area to small group instruction space computer lab to 2 special education classrooms teachers' room to 2 special education classrooms storage area to teachers' room teacher workroom to conference room MAINTENANCE and CAPITAL REPAIR: Please provide a detailed description of the district’s current maintenance practices, its capital repair program, and the maintenance program in place at the facility that is the subject of this SOI. Please include specific examples of capital repair projects undertaken in the past, including if any override or debt exclusion votes were necessary (maximum of 5000 characters).: The school system has a comprehensive maintenance and capital improvement program in place that is funded annually. The 2002 engineering study of the Middle School continues to be the foundation for the Town’s five year capital improvement program. Smaller projects are identified each year and are included in the annual operating budget. Routine maintenance and repairs are done on a daily basis. Capital improvement and maintenance projects over the last six years include: Corridor Floor Replacements 35,000 Massachusetts School Building Authority
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Hingham Middle School
Auditorium Renovations and New Seating 152,000 Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements 15,000 Exterior Trim Cladding 10,000 Roof Repairs 95,000 Lavatory Improvements 7,200 Boiler Chimney Repairs 25,000 Sawdust Collection System 20,000 Kitchen Fire Suppression System 36,000 Thermostat Line Replacements 30,000 New Telephone System 68,000 New Gym Bleachers 20,000 Convert Storage Area to Teacher Workroom 8,500 Subdivide Classrooms for Spec Ed Space 10,000 Total 531,700
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Priority 2 Please describe the existing conditions that constitute severe overcrowding.
The Hingham Middle School, built in 1962, (90,000 sq.ft.) and expanded (19,000 sq.ft.) in 1996 is overcrowded. The current grade 6 to 8 enrollment is 894. The school’s capacity based on current program offerings and a class size goal of less than 25 students per class is 770. This overcrowding has caused an overall increase in class size at grade 6, an inability to add teachers as the enrollment increases; insufficient meeting space and a shortage of specialist classroom areas. This past summer, five modular classrooms were installed to ease the overcrowding problem. While these additional classrooms will accomodate approximately 110 additional students in the scheduling process, they have not provided any relief to the overcrowded core facilities nor will they provide enough space for the continued enrollment increase. By the start of the 2011 school year, the enrollment at the Hingham Middle School is expected to be at or above 1,000 students. The modular classrooms were installed as a 3 to 5 year "stop gap" measure.
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Priority 2 Please describe the measures the School District has taken to mitigate the problem(s) described above. As the enrollment has increased, the Middle School has operated a classroom use schedule at over 90% occupancy with most teachers sharing classrooms. In addition , to the installation of 5 modular classrooms this school year, over the last several years, the following spaces have been reconfigured: storage area to speech therapy space dark room to reading room music practice rooms to adjustment counselor and reading offices storage area to small group instruction space computer lab to 2 special education classrooms teachers' room to 2 special education classrooms storage area to teachers' room teacher workroom to conference room
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Priority 2 Please provide a detailed explanation of the impact of the problem described in this priority on your district's educational program. Please include specific examples of how the problem prevents the district from delivering the educational program it is required to deliver and how students and/or teachers are directly affected by the problem identified. Overcrowding has resulted in larger classes in grade 6, music classes that now run in general purpose classrooms, an overcrowded library-media center, insufficient physical education space, an auditorium that will no longer accomodate even one grade level assembly and an overcrowded cafeteria. A single art classroom for 894 students limits this program. There is no longer a computer lab and only one conference room. There remains an insufficient number of small group instruction spaces despite the modification that have been made to create more of these spaces by sub-dividing traditional classrooms.
Please also provide the following: Cafeteria Seating Capacity: 288 Number of lunch seatings per day: 3 Are modular units currently present on-site and being used for classroom space?: YES If "YES", indicate the number of years that the modular units have been in use: 1 Number of Modular Units: 5 Classroom count in Modular Units: 5 Seating Capacity of Modular classrooms: 25 What was the original anticipated useful life in years of the modular units when they were installed?: 4 Have non-traditional classroom spaces been converted to be used for classroom space?: YES If "YES", indicate the number of non-traditional classroom spaces in use: 7 Please provide a description of each non-traditional classroom space, its originally-intended use and how it is currently used: See answer to question # 2 above Please explain any recent changes to the district’s educational program, school assignment polices, grade configurations, class size policy, school closures, changes in administrative space, or any other changes that impact the district’s enrollment capacity (maximum of 5000 characters).: The primary problem stems from enrollment growth. Unlike most of Hingham's neighboring school districts whose school populations have been stable or in decline, Hingham's pre-k to grade 12 enrollment has increased by 566 students (+16.6%) since the 2000-01 school year. During this same time period, there has been a need for more small group space at the middle school level. A large cohort of disabled students, many on the autism spectrum, have successfully moved with their peers from the elementary schools to the middle school. Space accomodations for these students and for other students who require individual accomodations for MCAS testing and other educational needs have been accomplished by sub-dividing traditional classrooms into small group instructional classrooms. What are the district’s current class size policies?: The district class size goal at this level is to maintain major subject classes at or below 25 students. Has the district closed, taken off-line, or converted to another, non-school use, any school facilities within the last 10 years?: NO If "YES", please provide the name and address of any such school facility and provide a description of the reasons for removing the school from service.:
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Priority 4 Please describe the conditions within the community and School District that are expected to result in increased enrollment.
Hingham’s in-district enrollment has increased by 609 over the past 10 years and by 123 at the middle school level. This trend is expected to continue due to (1) unprecedented real estate development including 135 residential units under construction at Black Rock, 1750 units under construction at Linden Ponds, 479 units approved at the Hingham Shipyard site, and 200 + additional housing units “in the pipeline”; (2) the opening of the Greenbush commuter rail line with two station in Hingham in 2007; (3) residential turnover from empty nesters to young families and (4) birth rate data.
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Priority 4 Please describe the measures the School District has taken or is planning to take in the immediate future to mitigate the problem(s) described above.
In 2004, the School Committee commissioned an independent demographic and school enrollment study, in its January 2005 report, the consultant concluded that residential turnover and planned construction will result in an increase of 681 students over the next ten years. The School committee appointed and Ad Hoc School Space Needs Committee made up of 13 residents to analyze the enrollment projections, to investigate the impact of the enrollment increase at each of the schools and to investigate the newly enacted M.S.B.A. legislation. The Ad Hoc committee recommended minor revisions to the enrollment projections and supported a School Committee article at the 2055 Annual Town Meeting to appoint a School Facility Study committee. That Committee was approved by Town Meeting developed a number of school master plan options including additions to existing buildings, grade reorganizations, and new construction. In February 2006, the School Committee adopted the Study Committee’s recommended 10 year master plan amd receve funding at the April 2006 Annual Town Meeting to begin to design the plani including the contruction of a new elementary school, the refurbishing of the two older elementay schools and the expansion and renovation of the Hingham Middle School. In 2007, when the MSBA requested school districts to identify the one, highest priority facility need, Hingham identified the elementary overcrowding as its highest priority. In 2008, the Town approved the constuction of a new elementary school with funding from the MSBA, major capital improvements to the two older elementary schools and the addition of five modular classrooms at the Hingham Middle School. The modular classrooms at the Middle School are a temporary, "stop gap" measure to address only the current problem of insufficient number of classrooms. To address the problems of current and future overcrowding at the Hingham Middle School, to address the need for expanded core space, the need for additional classrooms as the enrollment continues to increase, and to address the problems associated with a 46 year old, clean and well maintained facility whose building systems are at or beyond their expected useful life are now the Town's highest priority school facility problems.
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Priority 4 Please provide a detailed explanation of the impact of the problem described in this priority on your district's educational program. Please include specific examples of how the problem prevents the district from delivering the educational program it is required to deliver and how students and/or teachers are directly affected by the problem identified. Overcrowding has resulted in larger classes in grade 6, music classes that now run in general purpose classrooms, an overcrowded library-media center, insufficient physical education space, an auditorium that will no longer accomodate even one grade level assembly and an overcrowded cafeteria. A single art classroom for 894 students limits this program. There is no longer a computer lab and only one conference room. There remains an insufficient number of small group instruction spaces despite the modification that have been made to create more of these spaces by sub-dividing traditional classrooms.
Please also provide the following: Cafeteria Seating Capacity: 288 Number of lunch seatings per day: 3 Are modular units currently present on-site and being used for classroom space?: YES If "YES", indicate the number of years that the modular units have been in use: 1 Number of Modular Units: 5 Classroom count in Modular Units: 5 Seating Capacity of Modular classrooms: 25 What was the original anticipated useful life in years of the modular units when they were installed?: 4 Have non-traditional classroom spaces been converted to be used for classroom space?: YES If "YES", indicate the number of non-traditional classroom spaces in use: 7 Please provide a description of each non-traditional classroom space, its originally-intended use and how it is currently used: As the enrollment has increased, the Middle School has operated a classroom use schedule at over 90% occupancy with most teachers sharing classrooms. In addition , to the installation of 5 modular classrooms this school year, over the last several years, the following spaces have been reconfigured: storage area to speech therapy space dark room to reading room music practice rooms to adjustment counselor and reading offices storage area to small group instruction space computer lab to 2 special education classrooms teachers' room to 2 special education classrooms storage area to teachers' room teacher workroom to conference room Please explain any recent changes to the district’s educational program, school assignment polices, grade configurations, class size policy, school closures, changes in administrative space, or any other changes that impact the district’s enrollment capacity (maximum of 5000 characters).: The primary problem stems from enrollment growth. Unlike most of Hingham's neighboring school districts whose school populations have been stable or in decline, Hingham's pre-k to grade 12 enrollment has increased by 566 students (+16.6%) since the 2000-01 school year. During this same time period, there has been a need for more small group space at the middle school level. A large cohort of disabled students, many on the autism spectrum, have successfully moved with their peers from the elementary schools to the middle school. Space accomodations for these students and for other students who require individual accomodations for MCAS testing and other educational needs have been accomplished by sub-dividing Massachusetts School Building Authority
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traditional classrooms into small group instructional classrooms. What are the district’s current class size policies?: The district class size goal at this level is to maintain major subject classes at or below 25 students. Has the district closed, taken off-line, or converted to another, non-school use, any school facilities within the last 10 years?: NO If "YES", please provide the name and address of any such school facility and provide a description of the reasons for removing the school from service.:
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Priority 5 Please provide a detailed description of the energy conservation measures that are needed and include an estimation of resultant energy savings as compared to the historic consumption.
New boilers were installed approximately 20 years ago. The rest of the heating system including the distribution system, the classroom unit ventilators, and the hot water tank is original 1962 equipment. This forty-six year old equipment is nearing the end of its useful life and needs to be replaced with up-to-date equipment. In addition, the buildings windows are all original, single glazed units need to be replaced and the twenty-six year old failing roof needs to be replaced with a new, well insulated roof system.
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Priority 5 Please describe the measures the School District has already taken to reduce energy consumption.
Despite the age and condition of the heating system, it is well managed mostly by hand and by clocks and timers. The building is comfortable during occupied hours and temperatures are set back during all non-occupied times. The average annual heating oil use is 35,000 gallons. While this is a reasonable figure given the size (120,000 sq. ft.) of the building and the age of its systems, it is anticipated that newer natural gas fired system with digital controls will result in greater energy savings and a cleaner environment.
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Priority 5 Please provide a detailed explanation of the impact of the problem described in this priority on your district's educational program. Please include specific examples of how the problem prevents the district from delivering the educational program it is required to deliver and how students and/or teachers are directly affected by the problem identified. Of all the tired building systems, the roof leaks and window wall drafts have the most negative current impact on students and teachers.
Please also provide the following: Age of Roof (Years): 26 Were any major repairs or renovations of the roof undertaken in the past?: YES If "YES", please provide the year of the last major repair/renovation of the roof: 2004 Age of Windows (Years): 46 Were any major repairs or renovations of the windows undertaken in the past?: NO If "YES", please provide the year of the last major repair/renovation of the windows: Age of Doors (Years): 46 Were any major repairs or renovations of the doors undertaken in the past?: NO If "YES", please provide the year of the last major repair/renovation of the doors: Age of HVAC (Years): 46 Were any major repairs or renovations of the HVAC undertaken in the past?: YES If "YES", please provide the year of the last major repair/renovation of the HVAC: 1996 Age of Boilers (Years): 20 Were any major repairs or renovations of the boilers undertaken in the past?: YES If "YES", please provide the year of the last major repair/renovation of the boilers: 1988 Age of Electrical System (Years): 46 Were any major repairs or renovations the electrical system undertaken in the past?: NO If "YES", please provide the year of the last major repair/renovation of the electrical system: Age of Lighting System (Years): 46 Were any major repairs or renovations of the lighting system undertaken in the past?: NO If "YES", please provide the year of the last major repair/renovation of the lighting system: Have the systems identified above been examined by an engineer or other trained building professionals?: YES If "YES", please provide the name of the individual and his/her professional affiliation: Gale Associates with a team of engineers in all relevant disciplines including mechanical, electrical, plumbing and building envelop Please also provide the date of the inspection:: 11/18/2002 Please describe how addressing the system will extend the useful life of the facility that is the subject of this SOI (maximum of 5000 characters).: The basic building stucture is sound, but its operating systems are all in need of replacement or updating. This work should be coorinated with a plan to relieve current and future overcrowding.
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Priority 7 Please provide a detailed description of the programs not currently available due to facility constraints, the state or local requirement for such programs and the facility limitations precluding the programs from being offered.
The 1960’s design of the Hingham Middle School negatively impacts the exploratory subjects including family and consumer sciences, industrial technology, music, art and technology. In addition the size of all classroom in the 1962 building are small at 775 square feet.
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Priority 7 Please describe the measures the School District has taken or is planning to take in the immediate future to mitigate the problem(s) described above.
The School District has made $500,000. in capital improvements to the middle school over the last 6 years. A complete renovation and expansion has been proposed in the School Committee’s 10 years facility master plan.
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Priority 7 Please provide a detailed explanation of the impact of the problem described in this priority on your district's educational program. Please include specific examples of how the problem prevents the district from delivering the educational program it is required to deliver and how students and/or teachers are directly affected by the problem identified. Obsolesence negatively impacts technology education and the exploratory subjects including family and consumer sciences, industrial technology, music and art. Classroom sizes and overcrowding impact the entire school community as do the roof leaks and window wall drafts.
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Vote Vote of Municipal Governing Body YES: 5 NO: 0 Date: 4/11/2006 Vote of School Committee YES: 7 NO: 0 Date: 4/10/2006 Vote of Regional School Committee YES: NO: Date:
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Name of School
Hingham Middle School
Form of Vote The following form of vote should be used by both the City Council/Board of Aldermen, Board of Selectmen/equivalent governing body AND the School Committee in voting to approve this Statement of Interest. If a regional school district, the regional school district should use the following form of vote.
Resolved: Having convened in an open meeting on ___________________, the _________________________________________________________________ [City Council/Board of Aldermen, Board of Selectmen/Equivalent Governing Body, School Committee]
of ___________________________[City/Town/School District],
in accordance with its charter, by-laws, and ordinances, has voted to authorize the Superintendent to submit to the Massachusetts School Building Authority the Statement of Interest dated _____________ for the __________________________________[Name of School] located at _____________________________________________________________________[Address] which describes and explains the following deficiencies and the priority category(s) for which _________________________________________[Name of City/Town/District] may be invited to apply to the Massachusetts School Building Authority in the future _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________[Insert a description of the priority(s) checked off on the Statement of Interest and a brief description of the deficiency described therein for each priority];
and hereby further specifically
acknowledges that by submitting this Statement of Interest, the Massachusetts School Building Authority in no way guarantees the acceptance or the approval of an application, the awarding of a grant or any other funding commitment from the Massachusetts School Building Authority, or commits the _________________________________ [Name of City/Town/District] to filing an application for funding with the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
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CERTIFICATIONS The undersigned hereby certifies that, to the best of his/her knowledge, information and belief, the statements and information contained in this statement of Interest and attached hereto are true and accurate and that this Statement of Interest has been prepared under the direction of the district school committee and the undersigned is duly authorized to submit this Statement of Interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority. The undersigned also hereby acknowledges and agrees to provide the Massachusetts School Building Authority, upon request by the Authority, any additional information relating to this Statement of Interest that may be required by the Authority.
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