More than you really want to know about Wellesley, Mass.
This past Saturday’s Upham Sports Carnival at the Upham Elementary School in Wellesley attracted plenty of kids who played games, ran an obstacle course and enjoyed food despite rainy and cold weather. These were no fair weather carnival-goers.
The Upham PTO thanks everyone who attended, and who volunteered for and supported the Sports Carnival.
The annual Upham Sports Carnival is on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018 from 10 AM – 2 PM at the Ernest F. Upham Elementary School, 35 Wynnewood Rd, Wellesley. This is a fun day filled with carnival games and prizes for the kids, a one-of-a-kind Upham Challenge obstacle course, food and treats, a basket raffle, and the grand prize raffle.
All funds raised by this event are used by the Upham PTO to offer enrichment programs to Upham students, make investments in classroom technology, provide mini-grants to our teachers, and more.
The Yes votes loudly outnumbered No votes at Wellesley’s Special Town Meeting Tuesday night at Wellesley Middle School to approve the borrowing of $2.5 million to fund a feasibility study and schematic design for the Hardy and Upham Elementary School project. The question now is whether the study will recommend that either of the schools be renovated or rebuilt, or whether an entirely new facility should replace them both.
The meeting took a bit under 3 hours, with discussions touching on topics such as redistricting that will inevitably take place in the wake of whatever school building decision is made. (Disclosure: We just caught the end of the meeting on Wellesley Public Media, which will replay the action and make a record available on demand in the days to come.
The Town intends to execute this project in partnership with the Massachusetts School Building Authority, which could issue the town a grant.
The town approved $1 million in funding earlier this year for a feasibility study related to Hunnewell Elementary School’s possible renovation.
The Town of Wellesley sent this public letter to Town Meeting members:
In accordance with the provisions of Section 4, Chapter 202, Acts of 1932, as amended, Town Meeting Members are hereby notified that the 2018 October Special Town Meeting, will be held in the Wellesley Middle School Auditorium, 50 Kingsbury Street, beginning on Tuesday October 2, 2018 at 7:00 pm. Please reserve Wednesday October 3rd, 2018 for additional time if needed.
The Board of Selectmen approved the warrant in its meeting last evening. The warrant for the Special Town Meeting has been posted on the website, at Town Hall and Wellesley Square.
At this Special Town Meeting, the School Committee and the Board of Selectmen will ask for $2.5 million, to be expended under the direction of the School Building Committee and the Permanent Building Committee, for feasibility and schematic design for the Hardy/Upham elementary school project. The Town intends to execute this project in partnership with the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
For those of you with college-bound kids: you might want to push them into consulting.
The Board of Selectmen request that Town Meeting Members hold Tuesday, October 2, and Wednesday, October 3, for a Special Town Meeting to consider appropriating funds for feasibility and schematic design to address the needs of the Upham School, potentially by renovating it or by rebuilding or replacing it, either at that site, the site of the Hardy School, or elsewhere. The project is expected to be carried out in partnership with the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA).
$1 million in funding was just approved for a feasibility study related to Hunnewell Elementary School’s possible renovation.
