LeftField (Fallbrook Elementary School)

The Fall Brook Elementary School Building Project is a landmark public school construction initiative in the City of Leominster, Massachusetts, bringing a fully modern, 21st-century learning environment to kindergarten through grade 5 students by replacing a beloved but structurally outdated school building that has served the Leominster community for nearly 60 years and whose systems and infrastructure are well beyond their useful life. Managed through the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s CORE grant program with an MSBA-approved grant of up to $63,292,064 awarded by the MSBA Board of Directors on April 30, 2025, and overseen by LeftField, LLC as Owner’s Project Manager with Miller Dyer Spears, MDS, engaged as the design firm, the Fall Brook Elementary School project represents a defining investment in Leominster’s educational future, providing students and educators with a purpose-built facility designed for flexible, sustainable, and energy-efficient 21st-century learning on the footprint of the existing school site.

The project’s journey through the MSBA process reflects both the depth of community need and the disciplined project management that has characterized LeftField’s stewardship from the very beginning. Following the City of Leominster’s Statement of Interest to the MSBA in June 2021 and the district’s invitation to the MSBA Feasibility Study in December 2022, LeftField was selected as Owner’s Project Manager in June 2023, bringing to Fall Brook the same structured, transparent, and community-engaged approach to public school construction project management that has defined LeftField’s work across more than $1.5 billion in MSBA-funded school projects. Miller Dyer Spears was selected as the designer in December 2023, and the project team completed a rigorous feasibility study process that evaluated multiple project alternatives, including renovating the existing school, an addition and renovation hybrid, and several new construction configurations, before arriving at the preferred solution: a new replacement school constructed on the existing site. The Preliminary Design Program was submitted to the MSBA in April 2024, the Preferred Schematic Report followed in August 2024, and the full Schematic Design submission was sent to the MSBA on February 28, 2025, setting the stage for the MSBA Board approval and Project Funding Agreement that unlocked the full $63.2 million grant and opened the path to Detailed Design and Construction.

Throughout every phase, community engagement has been a central pillar of the Fall Brook project’s approach, with multiple public meetings held in accessible formats, including virtual options, to ensure that Leominster families, educators, and residents have remained informed, involved, and heard at every stage of the process. As Owner’s Project Manager, LeftField developed and maintains a dedicated project website that serves as the authoritative public resource for Fall Brook Building Committee meeting minutes, agendas, MSBA submissions, project updates, and educational resources about the MSBA process itself, ensuring that transparency is built into the fabric of the project from feasibility study through construction completion.

As one of the most experienced public school construction project management firms in New England, with a portfolio spanning MSBA-funded projects across Massachusetts and RIDE-funded projects in Rhode Island, LeftField needed a professional, clearly organized, and community-accessible project website for the Fall Brook Elementary School project that could document every stage of the MSBA process, support the Fall Brook Building Committee’s work, and keep the Leominster community fully informed throughout a multi-year construction journey. Our web design and development team built an information-rich, stakeholder-focused construction project website tailored specifically for Owner’s Project Managers, public school building committees, and MSBA-funded elementary school construction projects in Massachusetts, designed to host meeting documents, track project milestones, support community engagement, and provide a transparent public record of this landmark civic investment, all powered by AI-driven digital growth strategies built for the public construction and municipal sector.

If you lead a construction project management firm, Owner’s Project Manager practice, school building committee, general contracting company, or any construction and public sector organization overseeing MSBA-funded or publicly funded school building projects in Massachusetts and are looking for a web design and digital growth partner that understands the community transparency, document management, and MSBA milestone communication demands of public school construction, this project is a strong example of how expert web development and AI-powered growth services can support your project’s public communication needs, build lasting community confidence, and position your construction management firm as the trusted leader in MSBA-funded elementary school construction across the Commonwealth.