Meetings Set for North Adams School Building Options

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Few people attended the first public information session last Wednesday on the building options being presented to the Massachusetts School Building Authority.

The state agency, which will reimburse the city for 80 percent of qualified costs for construction, will determine which option it will fund. The school officials have indicated a preference for renovating Conte Middle School into a K-7 school to keep the downtown building functioning and renovating or rebuilding Greylock Elementary School.

Below is an illustrated slide put together by Margo Jones Architects listing the pros and cons of those options and three others presented to the school building committee.

The architects will also give a presentations at three meetings this week:

• April 5 - 6 p.m., Conte School, agenda item for School Committee meeting

• April 7 - 6 p.m., Conte School, lower level, School Building Committee meeting

• April 12 - 7:30 p.m., City Hall, agenda on City Council meeting

North Adams School Building Project Options