Page 8 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, JunE 14, 2024 STRONG | FROM PAGE 5 ing club, a pre-school and the Eliot Family Resource Center. It desperately needs a new roof, among other things. Eventually, the Council needs to accept, but not necessarily approve the CIP so it can be fi led as a working document. “I’ll add to it,” Demaria told The Advocate. “The numbers for the old High School aren’t concrete.” The Council will take up CIP items individually as they come up for approval and appropriations. “I’m waiting for the administration to come to us for separate appropriations,” Councillor At-Large Stephanie Smith said. “They’ll come before us when they decide to pursue a project, so I’m approaching this on a case-bycase basis.” In other business, a request to appropriate by borrowing $2 million fund the Massachusetts School Building Authority New High School Feasibility Study, envisioned for the Rivergreen Playground area, was referred to the Ways and Means Subcommittee for study. Funds would be expended under the direction of the Everett High School Building Committee for the Feasibility Study. The City may be eligible for a grant from the MSBA. Their grant program is a non-entitlement, discretionary program based on need, as determined by the MSBA, but any costs the City incurs in connection with the Feasibility Study in excess of any grant approved by and received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the City. In Public Participation, resIN COLLABORATION WITH PRESENT: BABSON ACADEMY YOUTH IMPACT LAB YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ACTION WORKSHOP Thursday, June 27, 2024 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Everett Recreation Center 47 Elm St. Everett, MA 02149 LEARNFROM THE #1 RANKED COLLEGE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE USA FOR 27 YEARS UNDERSTAND what it means to think and act like an entrepreneur. DEVELOP a solution to a problem in groups with other students. CONNECT problems to one of the UN Global Goals as viewed from the local context. AGES 14-19. FREE 45 spots available for Everett residents only. ident Frank Parker encouraged its passage. He said he felt that a new High School should be built and the current High School converted to a Middle School, which he called a two-school solution. “Using the old High School (548 Broadway) and Pope John (888 Broadway) won’t address overcrowding issues long term,” he said in regard to ideas one or the other or both could be used as a working school. The long-term plan is to build a new High School, complete with a vocational program, and convert the current High School into a Middle School, but the funding, approval and building process could take years, if it happens at all. A new building won’t be cheap. The current cost to build a new Northeast Metro Regional Vocational School in Wakefi eld is $314.4 million. Wakefi eld is building its own new High School, without a vocational component, at a cost of $273 million, including $60 million from the MSBA, about 21% of the cost. Everett might get a higher percentage of aid, but the building will cost much more. A request for School SuperREGISTER cityofeverett.com/events/babson-youth-workshop 617-394-2270 Phone John.Russolillo@ci.everett.ma.us Email intendent William Hart to discuss existing and foreseeable space needs throughout the entire district at all grade levels, including potential use of Pope John and the former High School was delayed until Monday, June 24. At the May 21 meeting he said he would present a plan during the summer. A request for the administration to provide an update on the current use and future plans for Pope John was also pushed to June 24.
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