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Project Background

 On May 21, 2018 at the 2018 Spring Annual Town Meeting, members voted to approve Article Eighteen, Appropriation to Fund Update of Long Term Facilities Master Plan of the Dedham Public Schools.  After a competitive bidding process, the Town’s School Building Rehabilitation Committee (SBRC) and School Committee selected Symmes, Maini, McKee and Associates (SMMA)  a firm with long standing architecture, engineering, and site design expertise.
 

Community Meetings and Forums began in December 2019 to  gather critical community input into the future improvements of Dedham school facilities. 

The Dedham School Building Rehabilitation Committee (SBRC) and School Committee  worked with Symmes, Maini, McKee and Associates (SMMA)  a firm with long standing architecture, engineering, and site design expertise, in 2019-2020 to  evaluate the needs of the three Elementary School buildings, as well as needs around issues including walkability, community use, school culture and future learning trends, and considerations with regards to pursuing new construction or renovation.    

View DPS Master Plan - Prepared by SMMA - February 2020

The next major step in the School Facility Master Planning process included the submission of a Statement of Interest (SOI) letter to the Massachusetts State Building Authority by February 2020.   This submission began the process of securing State support to partially fund the construction, renovation, addition or repair of at least one Dedham Elementary School.  

  • In April, 2021 the Massachusetts School Building Authority officially invited the Oakdale Elementary School into the MSBA’s Eligibility Period.  
  • At the Fall Town meeting on Monday, November 15, 2021, the expenditure of up to $1 million to proceed with a feasibility study that will examine options for addressing Oakdale Elementary school deficiencies was unanimously authorized.   
  • In July 2022, Compass Project Management was officially confirmed as the Owner’s Project Manager on record for the project.