Natick Johnson School Site Gets Public Forum

NATICK, MA — The 75th anniversary of Johnson Elementary School is being celebrated in Natick, but officials are also making plans for the next 75 years.

Johnson will close at the end of the school year, a move people in town have known is coming for the last few years.

But what happens next?

Natick Town Administrator Jamie Erickson will host a community forum hoping to start to put the pieces together on that, with a listening session scheduled for Wednesday in the school's gym. It is scheduled for 6 p.m.

The meeting is open to all residents, but it's requested that people planning to attend RSVP, which can be done here.

In 2021, the School Committee voted to approve a decision to close the school by June 2025.

According to district officials at the time, Johnson would have needed at least $3.3 million in renovations from 2021 to 2026, the bulk of that for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) upgrades. Officials have said that money would be better spent upgrading other district facilities, like Memorial Elementary.

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