Over 200 residents gathered at Town Hall June 4th to hear the latest update on the project. The AHS Building Committee will vote on one preferred concept in late June for submission to the MSBA in early July. Community feedback – gathered at this forum and through the online feedback form – is important to the Committee and one of …
This blog is the third in a three-part series summarizing essential materials developed during the Feasibility Study. The series includes: Creating the Educational Vision Educational Program Summary Proposed Spaces within the Future AHS These materials were developed in response to the following core questions that will guide the design: What is important to AHS? Where is AHS now, and where …
This blog is the second in a three-part series summarizing essential materials developed during the Feasibility Study. The series includes: Creating the Educational Vision Educational Program Summary Proposed Spaces within the Future AHS These materials were developed in response to the following core questions that will guide the design: What is important to AHS? Where is AHS now, and where …
This blog is the first in a three-part series summarizing essential materials developed during the Feasibility Study. The series includes: Creating the Educational Vision Educational Program Summary Proposed Spaces within the Future AHS These materials were developed in response to the following core questions that will guide the design: What is important to AHS? Where is AHS now, and where …
As part of our agreement with the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), the Town of Arlington must consider a renovation-only option for our high school building project. Renovation-only means the future Arlington High School remains within the walls of the current building without any additional square footage. The AHS Building Committee determined that a renovation-only option is not suitable for …
On April 10th the AHS Building Committee discussed eight preliminary design concepts developed by HMFH Architects for the future high school. The committee selected four concepts to further refine and explore: two renovation/addition options and two all new construction options. All eight early concepts developed by HMFH considered either renovation with new construction or all new construction since a renovation-only …
At the project’s fourth community forum, over 100 residents got updates on site selection, current and future programming needs and preliminary massing diagrams. After hearing Town Manager Adam Chapdelaine give a recap of the committee’s decision to keep the high school on the current site, AHS principal Matthew Janger gave a summary of the current AHS programming and future space needs. …
As part of our agreement with the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), the Town of Arlington must identify and evaluate alternate sites in town that could accommodate a new high school. In this post, we share the decision process that came to the conclusion that the future High School will remain on its current site. A viable site would …
You may know that 1,322 students call Arlington High School home. But did you also know that Arlington’s state-mandated Special Education inclusion preschool, Arlington Community Education, a few Town of Arlington offices, and other programs also call it home? Arlington High School has a long history as an important town resource and the large complex serves a wide variety of …
Over 100 community members – from preschool parents to senior citizens – got an inside look at the current AHS facility on Monday March 5th. A dozen High School students and teachers were on hand to guide visitors through the facility – a necessity given the complex series of buildings, levels, hallways and dead-end stairwells that make up the AHS …
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