Groundbreaking marks 'a new beginning' for Braintree's South Middle School

Students help celebrate the groundbreaking for the new South Middle School on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger

STUDENTS HELP CELEBRATE THE GROUND BREAKING FOR THE NEW SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 9, 2022. GREG DERR/THE PATRIOT LEDGER

Fred Hanson The Patriot Ledger

BRAINTREE – In an open field behind South Middle School, residents are making a major investment in the town's future.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday for a new South Middle School, where town and state officials, as well as some grade 6 students at South, dug into a pile of sand with shovels to symbolize the start of the $66.7 million project. It is the first all-new school to be built in the town since Braintree High School opened a half-century ago…

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