Melrose, MA – The Melrose Middle School is a new, 220,000sf facility for 900 grade 6-8 students competitively bid and constructed in accordance with Massachusetts public bid laws and also constructed in conjunction with The Massachusetts Collaborative for High Performance Schools (MACHPS).
The project served as a pilot school to test the newly created Green Schools MA-CHPS program developed for implementation in Massachusetts through the Department of Education.
The new middle school is located on the same urban site as the original school, and it shares the campus with the Melrose High School. This tight urban site also sits in a flood plain. The original middle school had to be completely demolished and removed to allow for construction of the new facility.
The building has a compressed four story plan which reduces impact to the sensitive urban site. The school houses modern classrooms circulated around central project rooms on each floor. The technologically equipped two-story media center resides on the third floor, overlooking the high school football field and Ell Pond and park at the front of the site.
There is a 900 seat state-of-the-art theatre with a computerized stage curtain and rigging system and sound system, capable of accommodating world class theatrical performances. Additionally, there is a full-service kitchen and cafeteria.
The gymnasium and outside athletic fields, which will be used for high school sporting events, are equipped with concession stands. Team locker rooms, weight rooms, and training rooms have also been included to be used by the high school sports teams.
