Maine’s most costly highschool is opening in Auburn
Auburn highschool college students, college and employees will kick off their new faculty yr this week in a model new state-of-the-art facility that replaces the old fashioned in-built 1961.
With a price ticket of $126 million, Principal Scott Annear mentioned it’s the largest and most costly highschool ever in-built Maine. Prices rose throughout building, which coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic and after contaminants have been found within the previous constructing that required abatement.
The brand new highschool features a 1,200-seat auditorium, athletic fields and enhanced security measures. Kristin Bishop with the Maine Board of Schooling mentioned the varsity is planning progressive profession and technical schooling programming.
“With plans to open progressive applications in cosmetology, culinary arts, EMT, early childhood schooling over the following yr and to increase into firefighting, precision machining, biotechnology and composites manufacturing in addition to trades exploration and medical exploration in years to come back, this house will present rigorous coaching and studying alternatives for college students that align with the area’s financial priorities and neighborhood wants,” she mentioned.
Enhanced security options even have been included within the constructing’s design.
“Every thing from painted flooring to establish protected areas to the quantity of safety that’s been put into the entrance entryway and chopping out having a number of entry factors to the constructing. There are exits solely and never entries,” Annear mentioned.
A whole bunch of neighborhood members acquired an opportunity to tour the constructing Sunday afternoon following a ribbon-cutting ceremony held within the shadow of the previous Edward Little Excessive Faculty, which is scheduled to be demolished within the subsequent few months.
This text seems by a media partnership with Maine Public.
