Congratulations to the Ashland Mindess School team. They worked overtime all summer to get the old school demolished despite a 2-week delay due to unforeseen conditions to the tune of $400K in ACM ceiling panels in a utility trench below the building slab and another $60K in the transit pipe on the site. Paving and sidewalks were getting installed right up through Saturday of Labor Day weekend. The school successfully opened on Tuesday 9/5 and the happy students are loving their new space.
The ribbon cutting ceremony was held Saturday morning, September 9th with all the people who helped make it happen. A lot of praise was given to the VERTEX, Shawmut, and Flansburgh teams for making this school a reality and on time while navigating a myriad of challenges.
Congratulations to Mike Quinlan, Bob Tucker, and Eric Rubin for never taking their foot off the gas despite all the supply chain issues that COVID-19 kept throwing at them.
Highlights of the new Ashland Mindess School building:
- The building uses a pod design for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students.
- The building uses color-coded hallways to make it easy to navigate. Yellow is for third grade, green is for fourth grade and blue is for fifth grade.
- The school has wonderful spaces specifically designed for special education students.
- It has multiple outdoor learning areas and a rooftop classroom.
- Landscape choices were made intentionally with low-maintenance plants and trees.
- There are two common areas where teachers can take students to learn in a new environment.
- The building supports 635 students and 65 teachers, support staff and administrators.
- It is climate controlled due to geothermal wells.
- The next steps are to build the outdoor playground, basketball court and athletic fields in front of the building.
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