No Model School for Peabody, But Custom Design Cost Should Be Close
The city's School Building Committee is now working on the final design, budget and construction schedule for a new middle school to submit to state education officials for approval this spring.
Peabody won't be invited into the Mass. School Building Authority's model school program after all for construction of a new Higgins Middle School, according to city officials. Mayor Ted Bettencourt says the city, instead, will pursue a custom-designed school with the same team that has been working on the project for the past two years. The custom option is also projected to cost about $90 million, which is $3 million more than what a model school would be. The MSBA's board of directors voted this past July to authorize Peabody to build a new state-of-the-art middle school, but did not determine at that time which option the city should pursue. The city's School Building Committee met last Thursday to begin working toward the final …
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