Superintendent Dr. Gina Williams told the East Bridgewater School Committee on May 20, 2025, that the district is advancing a new Central School design through the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) and is carrying an accelerated-repair project for parts of the Mitchell School roof.

"We have partnered with MSBA," Dr. Williams said, adding that the partnership will include a cost share and "the responsibility for us to be, checking in with them, getting approval as we move through the different, action items." She said the district selected a new-build option — to be constructed behind the current Central School — that officials believe is more cost-effective than an addition/renovation. When students move into the new building, the current Central School would be demolished and replaced with a multipurpose field.

Dr. Williams said the MSBA provided schematic-design feedback and suggestions to the district’s architectural team, including ideas to condense the building to lower costs. The district plans meetings with vendors for major building systems and interior equipment — "HVAC, consultants... technology, kitchen" — and expects to have a full cost estimate for both structure and furnishing by mid-July. A public forum on the Central School project is scheduled for June 12; another forum is planned for late July.

On Mitchell School, Dr. Williams said the district is pursuing the MSBA accelerated repair program to replace sections of roof and some doors and windows. She said the MSBA will partner on roof sections at least 25 years old; Mr. Kiley, the district’s facilities director, estimated "about half of the roof" meets that threshold and would be replaced under the accelerated-repair submission. The Mitchell work is expected to go to town meeting early in 2026 for funding approval.

The committee asked for copies of schematic reports and was told staff will share them. Dr. Williams said she will continue to provide updates as pricing and design approvals progress.