Tuesday marked a symbolic milestone in the Tisbury School renovation process: construction of letters “Tisbury School” were completed on the new building’s exterior, according to Anthony Visconti, assistant to the renovation project from the W. T. Rich construction team. The words “Gymnasium” were also recently added.
The new title is a kind beacon to passersby that the school is soon to be open to students. Students had been learning inside makeshift classrooms due to renovations since November 2022.
The four modular building classrooms have since been moved off-Island, with construction next to the school’s existing brick building continuing to move forward.
According to Visconti, plans to re-open school for the fall are still expected.
The $82-million project has stretched across several years, with the project gaining approval as early as 2020, according to Amy Houghton, chair of the Tisbury School committee. Houghton said she’s “thrilled” with the project team, and thankful for their work, especially during the early stages when COVID was prevalent.
“The team has been nimble to pivot to things that can be done when there have been delays,” she said about the project thus far.
As of now, the second and third floors of the school building are completed and cleared, and the first floor, Houghton said, should get there by the middle of next week.
The school committee chair echoed the expectations for the school to reopen in the fall, although she noted that some areas, like the gym and band room that sits behind it, won’t be open right on the first day of return in the fall.
Even still, students will finally be able to re-enter their classrooms come this school year
Looks Amazing ! So proud of this building !
I am so very overjoyed by this beautifully designed building.
I have much gratitude to all who were on the building committee, helping to insure we built what our town needed and insuring the message of need went out into our community. Thank you to our town folk for voting Yes!!! This building will be a source of pride while providing state of the art educational opportunities for all our students, teachers, and staff for many many generations. Looks great and finished on time.
It would be great to hold an open house for the public before school reopens.
Did it cost to much?
Now is the time to focus on what’s best for our student’s potential for their educational potential ….. a Junior High School on the MVHS campus!
“educational experience”. Please correct
isn’t it obvious its the school with out such big signage? yes how much did that that cost?
It is pretty standard for school signage.
How much is to much?
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