The project team will strive to maintain a safe working environment for students throughout the project. The new design is considering ways to minimize the impact to the surrounding community during the phases of construction as well as post construction. A portion of the existing Squantum School will remain operational throughout the project and will be supplemented with temporary modular classrooms. The adjacent parkland will only be temporarily used during construction and will be restored when the project is complete.
The school will be designed to compliment the Squantum neighborhood by scaling to be appropriate for the residential neighborhood and to reflect the values of the seaside community.
The project is in the very early phases of design called schematic design. This is the next phase of the architectural design process after the feasibility phase, where a project team translates a preferred concept into physical drawings of a space. The team considers the client's needs and desires, and explores many ideas to achieve the best possible design solution. In July 2024 the project will begin the Design Development Phase.
The Squantum School Project