MSBA INVITES 33 SCHOOLS INTO ACCELERATED REPAIR PROGRAM

BOSTON—State Treasurer and Receiver General Deborah B. Goldberg, Chair of the Massachusetts School Building Authority (“MSBA”), and John K. McCarthy, MSBA Executive Director/Deputy CEO, announced that the MSBA Board of Directors invited 33 schools into the Authority’s Accelerated Repair Program.  The main goals of the Accelerated Repair Program are to improve learning environments for children and teachers, reduce energy use and generate cost savings for districts.  The program provides funding for the repair or replacement of roofs, windows and boilers in schools that are otherwise structurally, functionally and educationally sound.

“The Accelerated Repair Program allows us to partner with school districts on much-needed repairs that can greatly extend a school’s lifespan,” said Treasurer Goldberg.  “Besides making the learning environment more comfortable for our schoolchildren, these repairs also make our schools more energy efficient and generate substantial cost savings.  It’s a win-win for everyone involved.”

“The Accelerated Repair Program directly benefits thousands of children in these communities by sustaining their infrastructure in a cost effective manner,” said Executive Director/Deputy CEO McCarthy.

Below is a list of districts/schools that received accelerated repair invitations at the Board meeting today:

District

School

Boston

Curley K-8 School

Dennis C. Haley School

Dr. William Henderson Upper School

Jeremiah E. Burke High School

The English High School

Cambridge

Amigos School

Fall River

Resiliency Preparatory School

Fitchburg

Arthur M. Longsjo Middle School

Haverhill

Moody Preschool

Silver Hill School

Holyoke

H.B. Lawrence School

Lt. Elmer J. McMahon Elementary School

Maurice A. Donahue Elementary School

William J. Vocational Technical High School

Lowell

B.F. Butler Middle School

Bartlett Community Partnership School

Henry J. Robinson Middle School

John J. Shaughnessy School

Joseph McAvinnue School

Lynn

  1. Drewicz Elementary School

Mansfield

Harold L. Qualters Middle School

Marblehead

Marblehead Veterans Middle School

New Bedford

Elizabeth Carter Brooks School

Ellen R. Hathaway School

Oxford

Alfred M. Chaffee School

Clara Barton School

Quincy

Francis W. Parker School

Montclair Elementary School

Wollaston School

Scituate

Scituate High School

Shutesbury

Shutesbury Elementary School

Springfield

Milton Bradley School

Rebecca M. Johnson School

The MSBA partners with Massachusetts communities to support the design and construction of educationally-appropriate, flexible, sustainable and cost-effective public school facilities.  Since its 2004 inception, the Authority has made over 1,750 site visits to more than 250 school districts as part of its due diligence process and has made over $16.1 billion in reimbursements for school construction projects.