School Committee Candidate Debate

School Committee Candidate Forum October 26

The Winthrop PTOs are jointly hosting a School Committee candidate forum at the William P. Gorman Fort Banks Elementary School. Doors open at 6 and the forum begins at 6:30. The forum will also be carried on WCAT. Please send any questions via FaceBook, directly to Cindy Silva, or come down to the Fort Banks and hear what the candidates have to say. You may also ask your questions by commenting to this post.

Winthrop Public School Building Survey

The Winthrop Public Schools will conduct a community survey in regards to our school Rebuilding Process.  The survey will begin Monday, July 25^th and end on Monday August 8^th.  The survey will assist the School Building Committee with which options to explore for the Feasibility Study for Winthrop High School.  In addition the School Building Committee will conduct two public hearings.  The dates are Thursday, August 11^th at 7pm and Tuesday August 16^th at 7pm.  Both public hearings will be held in the Harvey Room at Town Hall.

Background

The Town of Winthrop submitted a request to Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) in 2006 for the renovation of Winthrop High School.  The MSBA subsequently voted to invite Winthrop into the MSBA’s capital pipeline for a repair project at WHS in Oct 2007.  In recent months the School Building Committee has acknowledged that both the WHS and Winthrop Middle School are in need of major repair/renovation.  The Town would like to explore the possibility of constructing a Middle-High school complex as opposed to renovating the existing buildings.  In March 2011, a letter was sent to MSBA requesting that Winthrop be allowed to explore the combined Middle-High school options, in addition to renovation, as part of the feasibility scope.  MSBA recently responded to the Town, that in order for us to add this as another option to explore, we must conduct an outreach to gauge community support.  Therefore we ask that you complete the survey on either the Town or School website so the Building Committee can gauge our community support.  Please note all we are asking is whether you wish for the committee to explore this option.  

Click here to take survey