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February 27, 2021 35o F Hingham, MA

February 27, 2021 35o F Hingham, MA

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School officials take major step toward ‘long overdue’ new Foster Elementary School 

By Greg Lane
Updated October 28, 2020

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Foster Elementary School on Downer Avenue | Hingham Current photo

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At the Harbor Development Committee meeting on Wednesday night, Route 3A Task Force member Deirdre Anderson announced that the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) approved a second round of funding for the Route 3A/Summer Street Rotary Project as part of its Transportation Improvement Plan for 2021-25. The new funding amounts to $4 million.

Hingham School Building Committee members voted at their meeting Wednesday on a $1.1 million feasibility study budget for a new Foster Elementary School. School officials will submit the study budget to the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s school building program, a state program that helps school districts pay for renovations and rebuilding projects. It’s an important step towards a major rebuilding of the elementary school, which hasn’t seen an extensive renovation in almost fifty years.

John W. Ferris. Director of Business and Support Services hopes the project will be on the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s December meeting agenda for a vote.

Greg can be reached at greg@hinghamcurrent.com

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Foster Elementary School on Downer Avenue | Hingham Current photo