BOSTON, Mass. — As expected, the Massachusetts School Building Authority on Wednesday gave the green light for the Mount Greylock Regional School addition/renovation project.

 

The MSBA Board of Directors unanimously approved a grant of $32,491,074 for the project, Mount Greylock School Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Greene reported in a Friends of the Mt. Greylock Building Project Facebook post.

 

"[The MSBA directors] were, once again, highly complimentary of our education program, which is the foundation of the building design," Greene wrote in her post.

 

Earlier this month, the School Committee approved the appropriation of a $64.8 million debt to pay for the project with two contingencies: first, that MSBA would grant its final approval and, second, that the the district's member towns will vote to authorize a debt exclusion to pay the local share, about $32.3 million.

 

The School Committee decided to hold its vote in advance of the MSBA board meeting so the towns could move forward warning an election. Williamstown had previously expressed an interest in holding its debt exclusion vote on the same day as the commonwealth's presidential primary.

 

On Monday, the Williamstown Board of Selectmen authorized a warrant for the debt exclusion vote on Tuesday, March 1. Lanesborough's Selectmen set its debt exclusion vote for March 15.

 

In addition, Lanesborough will hold a Feb. 23 special town meeting to discuss the school building project.