FY2018 Special Appropriation for Brookline High School Expansion Project

Special Town Meeting 2, May 2017

At the High School Building Committee's sixth public meeting, HMFH Architects presented a new expansion concept and design options. Options 4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D include a new 9th Grade Academy that would be located on Cypress Street and have additional renovations at the main building on Greenough Street. The 9th Grade Academy would include classrooms for all subjects, art and music classrooms, a cafeteria and a library as well as collaborative learning spaces. The main building options include building new science classrooms, and a range of renovations of existing classrooms. Given the emergence of this option, the special appropriation language under the Annual Town Meeting (Article 9) was reviewed with the Moderator. "Option 4" was ruled to be outside the scope; therefore, it is necessary to have the Board create a new warrant with amended language in order to allow for consideration of this option.