School Building Action
Attention all Somerville Residents
Take Action!
Support Winter Hill school families!
We told the City that the Winter Hill Community Innovation School building was falling apart and now it's happened!
A cement block fell in the stairwell and the school is closed for the year.
Our kids are missing more valuable learning.
Take over the City Council's Virtual Public Hearing
Monday June 5th, 7:30pm
Or consider writing an email in support of WHCIS to mayor@somervillema.gov , publiccomments@somervillema.gov , and citycouncil@somervillema.gov .
The Mayor had time to strategize, plan and prepare. Time has run out!
The Mayor controls the budget for capital improvements. We need the City Council to do everything in its power to get the Mayor to foot the bill to fix Winter Hill. Here are things to demand of the City Council:
Hold up the budget until the new WHCIS building features as the No.1 priority in the Capital Improvements Plan.
Pursue state funding but don’t count on it. Don’t wait for it. We have a good credit rating, let’s use it! We have free cash, let’s use it!
For tonight, attend the 7:30 public hearing on the budget (link) and state your support as a parent/caregiver/resident for
Immediate attention to district swing space
WHCIS taking a priority place in city building projects (before 1895 or the Public Safety Building)
Full public transparency on the results of the structural engineering audit
A dedicated person at city hall to be our liaison on this process
Ballot question this November about a prop 2 1/2 override to begin seeking funding (with our amazing credit rating)
A concrete plan for 2023-2024 that keeps the school community together in one location
And generally for ongoing investment in school buildings.