LAKEVILLE — Assawompset Elementary School will open on time this school year, Superintendent of Schools Alan Strauss said Tuesday, Aug. 1, despite concerns by some in the community that construction work on site would force a change of plans. 

Delaying the start of school, or moving classes to an alternate location, is “not an option,’’ Strauss said. “We’re on schedule.’’

Select board members raised concerns at their July 31 meeting about whether the school would open on time as window and door replacement work continues at the building. 

With school scheduled to begin Aug. 30 for students and the first shipment of windows set to arrive around the first week of August, select board member Evagelia Fabian said she was “extremely concerned’’ about the timing.

She expressed concerns about extreme weather conditions or other issues possibly causing the opening of the building to be delayed.

“We’re cutting it really close,’’ she said. “I have no idea what the first day of school looks like. Someone should be making a plan where these kids are going to school.’’ 

Strauss noted on Tuesday that the windows are set to be delivered Aug. 7 or 8. With prep work already done, windows should be placed relatively quickly, he said.

“Classrooms are our first priority,’’ he said. Windows will be in place in classrooms and the cafeteria, Strauss said, on “day one’’ of school. Other locations in the building, such as service areas, may have temporary windows in place until construction can be completed.

“There will be plenty of natural light,’’ he said.

When school begins, construction will take place outside of school hours. The plan had always been to work on the building past the start of the school year, he said.

Select Board Chair Brian Day asked school officials to provide a building opening schedule and contingency plans should Assawompset’s first day be delayed.

Strauss said Tuesday that a letter will be going out very soon to the school community. No previous communication had been issued, he said, because there was no update to report at that time.

The work, which began when school let out in June, is being done to update an aging infrastructure and provide more energy efficiency. The estimated cost is $4 million and the work is scheduled to be completed later in the fall.