30 September, 2015
With a warrant article for Special Town Meeting on the calendar for October 26, Hopkinton’s Elementary School Building Committee has created multiple venues to raise awareness of the school building project, and encourage the community to participate in the vote.
“Our goal is to pass this with overwhelming endorsement from a broad crosssection of the community," said ESBC Chairman Joe Markey. "We believe we have crafted a solution that the community will recognize and can embrace."
Over the past year, the committee has held four widely publicized workshops at which community members helped define site evaluation criteria, select a site, inspect the educational program, and embark on schematic design.
"This has been a long time coming for Hopkinton, and we're not over the finish line. If we don't get the right turnout, we're back to square one, which is not an acceptable outcome for Hopkinton."
To help get the word out ahead of October 26th Special Town Meeting, the ESBC has been meeting with various committees and civic groups, pushing communications through local media, flyers, social media, and word of mouth; in addition, the committee has scheduled the following series of community information sessions and “office hours” leading up to Special Town Meeting:
Monday, October 5, 11:00 AM-1:00 PM at Water Fresh Farm (office hours)
Wednesday, October 7, 7:00 PM at Hopkinton Senior Center
Wednesday, October 14, 7:00 PM at the Middle School Library
Wednesday, October 21, 4:30-6: 30 PM at Water Fresh Farm (office hours)
“More information sessions may be scheduled, and those will be reflected on our website at http://www.HopkintonSchoolProject.com ,” added ESBC Clerk, Rob Nickerson.
The Elementary School Building Committee was formed in 2013 with the following defined mission statement, “facilitate the development of a proposed solution to the operational and educational constraints of Center School that will be supported by the voters of Hopkinton, as well as the MSBA.”
