Project Team

Squantum Building Committee Members

Paul Hines - SBC Chair / Commissioner of Public Buildings
Mayor Thomas P. Koch - Mayor of Quincy
Kevin Mulvey, J.D. - Superintendent of Schools
Erin Perkins - Assistant Superintendent
Walter Macdonald - Director of Building Maintenance
Frank Santoro - Member of Community w/ School Building Experience
Tina Cahill - School Committee Member
Stephen Sylvia - Squantum School Principal
Eric Mason - Director of Municipal Finance
Kathryn Logan - Purchasing Agent
Susan Vinitsky - Squantum School Parent
Kim Wheelwright - Squantum School Parent

Architect

Arrowstreet

Owner Project Manager

PCA360

Construction Manager

Lee Kennedy Company

MSBA & the Squantum School

The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) accepted the Squantum School into its Core Program in the spring of 2021. In May 2022, the City of Quincy and the MSBA entered into a Feasibility Study Agreement (FSB) for the Squantum School project.

MSBA’s mission is “to partner with MA communities to support the design and construction of educationally appropriate flexible, sustainable, and cost-effective public schools facilities.” The Squantum School has been identified as requiring either major renovation or reconstruction. As part of the MSBA building process, the feasibility study begin in the Spring of 2023. Findings from the study will inform the project plan for the new school.

Squantum Elementary School, which first opened in 1919, is Quincy’s fourth major school project to qualify for the MSBA Core Program; other projects include Quincy High School (2010), Central Middle School (2014), and, most recently, the new South-West Middle School, which opened in Spring 2019.

QPS Squantum School Website

https://squantum.quincypublicschools.com/our_school/squantum_school_building_project.

Key Facts & Figures

Future School Building

- Two-story, mostly new construction incorporating the original 1919 building. - The new school will be roughly 30,000sf of interior space larger than the current Squantum School.

- Current preferred conceptual design has an exterior courtyard to provide outdoor classroom space.

- This project's goal is to achieve a Net Zero building.

Education Spaces

Kindergarten: 3 classrooms w/ toilets

Grades 1-3: 3 classrooms each

Grades 4-5: 3 classrooms each

Also included: Regulation Gym, Teacher planning rooms, STEM classrooms, ART, Music, Media Center/Library, Cafetorium, Outdoor Classroom, Special Education Classrooms.

Modular Classrooms

With this design on a tight construction site, the project will utilize modular classrooms to minimize the impact to the students over the course of the project. More information on these modular classrooms can be found in the Modular Classrooms tab.