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Acronym	Full Name	Explanation Updated: July 7, 2020
SSBC	Stoneham School Building Committee	SSBC is the committee formed and to act on behalf of the municipality to oversee and initiate the school building project while collaborating with the community, consultants and the MSBA to determine the appropriate solution for the school building in the most fiscally responsible, sustainable, flexible and educationally appropriate manner as it progresses from the study phases through building completion.
MSBA	Massachusetts School Building Authority	MSBA is the authority acting on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts partnering with Massachusetts communities to support the design and construction of educationally-appropriate, flexible, sustainable, and cost effective public school facilities. MSBA works with municipalities for the life of the project from Pre-Feasibility through Building Completion and Closeout.
SOI	Statement Of Interest	Submitting an SOI is the critical first step in the MSBA’s program to partially fund the construction, renovation, addition or repair of municipality or regionally owned school facilities located in cities, towns and regional school districts. The SOI allows districts to inform the MSBA about deficiencies that may exist in a local school facility and how those deficiencies inhibit the delivery of the district's educational program.
PDP	Preliminary Design Program	PDP is the first reporting stage during the Feasibility Study phase where the District and its team collaborate with the MSBA to document their educational program, generate an initial space summary, document existing conditions, establish design parameters, develop and evaluate alternatives and recommend the most cost effective and educationally appropriate alternatives to the MSBA for further evaluation in the PSR phase.
PSR	Preferred Schematic Report	PSR is the second reporting stage during the Feasibility Study phase where the District and its team collaborate with the MSBA to refine their educational program and space summary, further develop and evaluate alternatives and recommend the most cost effective and educationally appropriate solution to the MSBA Board of Directors for consideration before progressing into Schematic Design.
SD	Schematic Design	SD is the final reporting stage where the District and its team develop a final design program and robust schematic design of sufficient detail to establish the scope, budget and schedule for the Proposed Project.
STEAM	Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math	STEAM is primarily a way to teach how all the subjects relate to each other. Rather than the traditional “Sage on the Stage” model wherein a teacher does the talking and the students absorb the information, STEAM is more collaborative and project based. With an emphasis on project-based learning, students are provided more opportunities to explore concepts and demonstrate their learning through hands-on, real-world applications. The key component of STEAM is integration. Instead of teaching disciplines in independent subject silos, lessons are well rounded, project and inquiry based, with a focus on interdisciplinary learning.
LEED	Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design	LEED is a rating system devised by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) to evaluate the environmental performance of a building and encourage market transformation towards Sustainable Design.
NZE	Net Zero Energy	A building achieves Net Zero Energy when the building produces as much clean, renewable energy on the building and surrounding grounds in a given year period (continuous 365 days) as it uses from the electric company. So overall at the end of the one year period, it has zeroed out the energy it used from the utility by producing an equal amount of clean renewable energy locally.
RFS	Request For Services	The document utilized by the SSBC to solicit qualifications for Architect and Owner’s Project Manager firms for the project.
MCPPO	Massachusetts Certified Public Purchasing Official	The local official responsible for overseeing procurement of supplies, services, design and construction in accordance with public procurement laws that has been certified by the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General.