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Plans for a new Weston Middle School and the costs of the options, toward a referendum vote.
Weston's Board of Education wants a firm to explain the proposed new middle school and speak for it at public meetings through a 2027 vote. It has not set a budget. Proposals are due Nov. 10.
Jack Beckett·Nov 3, 2026
Even with the main dampers wide open, readings suggested only 30% to 70% of the school's air was coming from outside.
Jack Beckett·Oct 23, 2026
Weston's school board chair has raised hiring a communications consulting firm for the middle school project, and its finance chief says the non-lapsing account could pay. It may come up Monday.
Jack Beckett·Oct 16, 2026
An update of a 2019 estimate puts the cost of consolidating Weston's schools into three buildings at just over $115 million, against $120 million to $130 million for a new middle school.
Jack Beckett·Oct 2, 2026
Weston's three boards are working toward a referendum on a new middle school on November 2, 2027. The draft plan asks the state legislature for a better reimbursement rate first, and the school board…
Jack Beckett·Oct 2, 2026
Slowing the budgets brings the tax bill down but pushes debt payments slightly past the Board of Finance's 10 percent guideline.
Jack Beckett·Oct 2, 2026
Weston officials are updating a shelved Silver Petrucelli study on consolidating the district's four schools into three, ahead of a September 24 meeting of the town's three governing boards.
Jack Beckett·Sep 27, 2026
