Southington High School - Chronicle Yearbook (Southington, CT)

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E ducafi old high Plans for the new 1,500 pupil high school, approved in the recent referendum, will be ready lor bid November 1, according Lo Richard Quinn, a member of the firm of Russell, Gibson and unnhnhlnv- .J uh-no lJno-Ofnprl meetings to discuss various phases of the construction plans. Quinn said he will start working On the drawings and specifications recommended by Dr. Robilaille and report to the hnalflina nnmmiltne nn Mondav, Set Deadline Windows At High School High School Plans some of the building committee said they didn'l want a leaky rool in a few years. They were told by Dr. Robilaille that there are ll schools with leaky roofs and decided, We don'l want another one. New School Ready For Students, Let More Than Light Through l a mcvling nf thc High il Building Committee ay night it was revealed rain once again has god to penetrate the of thc new school ng. ccording to School llsfg l'lillll.llI'lL:-R gelulatn lu w:ull'lcr u on-rm Pynf: ilu-orixccl xlmi in gi smrnx of greater duration thc leaking may haw pr-non lo be nmra' ol' an pmlmlvsm. Della Vcuchia presumed lo the C'nmn1illcc'5cvcral And Maybe For Rain By Gustav Spohn --ivn M ww V . , , The new Soulhlngl Q m mmmu 'I I U , V ,nn loors. One attempt al rc- 'jnwhgd-almost' It is ann E ' ' 'N 'Q' Q - N , 'f 4 icndving thin situation email- 50lllhlI1gl0Yl residents have fl A 't ,A . H ,A ' A d wimng the nmrs in the nic pus! six months and Whl ' 'C' K ' f - ' A - A ' ' 9 fi ullx. Howcvcr this method wilhuownspeople for some v r . ' 35 ,-qc.,-lcd by comming- Th? obstacle which haf, ' , . . wmbcrs as being inappro- Wdaswlfland flnalC0mPlCf ' A ' 1 rialc. since material for thc l03l4i18C1lh0V'2 and bCl0w wi ,Q our had been sclcclcd pre- Wcl' Windy Wealhcf- R025 ' ' T ' lm-ly because il was suppose have not neon clezlr. schoo ' r ,Q I 'V 1 W E ' li bc muiniqnanqc-l'reo, wcck. and it is precisely this ,'3 A -Af 2,5 - , - mf- A ' ' thc source of the problem ' 51,5 't' ' ' l ' ' 9 J. e ' Y ff A even deeper concern for S Gcnvcrallv speaking, el chool, Town Auditorium 'The proposed 1,500 pupil , high school won by a slim 685 ll votes when 22 per cent of the eligible electorate cast their votes ln a special referendum Tuesday that included other issues. Estimated cost of the high school is S8 some S3 million to the town as The auditorium, which voted upon separately, :Wil nf-Of-n '1 L:.- ---- A The Board of Thursday night by a 7-2 vote lowed the recommendation needed I5 per cent of the votes to win and won by a lar- ger margin of 792 votes. 'll school year. However, plete. Hc it is not pos- for the construe- sible for these projects and oth- . . 0 on the school er areas to be com leled during mit that as previously stipulated said. I respectfully sub- the new'high next September il could not guarantee will be ready in 60 days. Jan. 2. Murray Gib- he building com- lelter on the com- school project last llrlig: Ver: gui,-wal 1.'0ns.'x ill-pill ill mpwil gl'-uiznlu, and a lllul :in inspv nigicl-Q ln cn'- conimclur has Ihc xiw-inrh rth in lhc i 'clii.n slalcd cm rain th 5 lun irlchu sum? paris 1 grounds. There ar lighting prnl' schnnl. BCCUT Vccchiu. The which is 3 dw mo elassCS ill lighl switch 1: lmlx-cs of thc l' w high school any unforeseen delays, should be able to complete the projecl Bob Eilcrs. assistant secret ary lor Anderson Fairoaks o Hartford. school contractors said Monday night that hc he lievcs the school building will lm functional ln January and be - lieves the remaining live pe cent ol Lhe building conslrucxio: will be completed in time for Di weeks, P we. as architects, have no cupancy Jan.2. g dates lor He said a decent glrllke hu new high been res nsl e tort e ale an not control rival ofpo hardware, but th I schedule or equipment is coming ln on sm: I ol the gen- quantities. l o . I SC O0 l - g' lx ,yde or many l 76 1 l l I School Su erintendent high school as an element school when the new high. scl is ready for occupancy in tember 1973. Thevschool board also favor ol not closing mpmpnlarv school and Constr .,jfQ5,Pf3f ':2w,fg,.'- i.- i . '. ,juglswl-1' Y vi, IQ' gf -lui. ' ff- ills-735-wh ., 'l',+'.l.l--.,i..Qf-welll:-i-:mo f 1 4 -Q . - p.m. ady eha mend school school. 14750 determine whether the nl' occu- an. 2 ed to the w two weeks - moo will be ,, Building Jr' , my I next Sep- school' juniors and seniors I , tended the High School Bull l ing Commlllee las! night cupancy in January. , l high school? i i weekend. 1 wer workers becnme a reality over the pi l ac ph se There arg no pickets on I school xite and no one vi working Monday because 'of l observance ol Veterans Day. Dr. Philip Liguori, dnirm ol the Board of Educnllon I laison officer between l school would be ready for 0 li l K A 9 0 Y e iiiE:l1il::?Er?::gsant Street will New high disclosed that the lnlcsl indica- tion from th: High ,School Build- ing Committee is that the new high school on Pleasant Strccl will' be ready for occupancy next September, one year ear- ller than originally con- icrnpllled. If :hip dale is con- decl ,f-......a n.. n..s.n.m. ...ii-I nm school expected mittee. racy mr a .september occupancy, according rancis Kane. Chairman of the Building Responding to an article which appeared week in the Meriden Journal quoting Dr. p Liguori, a member of the Building mittee and the Board of Education. as to be ready for fall opening Dr. Zloscph Robilaille, schoolaSchool Bolfrd during the next loTl:we xlngmlcd iuwnigdiaiglyg th 3 cri tcndent Thursda night two mont s. e sc non rn Ru e 1 , Sup P ' y ln his report to lhc Schnolylhe 1973-74 hudgel, now in llfproonng Process was mmvlflfd- Board, Rohilallle said all lholncginning singer: ol deveblncethalumc. the waterproofing has been 00: lfquinrnenl 'gud U10 nf'Wi0P l ?F- W: llgllf 'U sniff lined. Kane reported. and with the norm-X ol' sc oo wil c nn 0 -one ycafnperamn n e new Ul in I 1 x x N , . I ahead of lhe original timetable,ltranspnrumfm mules will hnwfhrtk' mu' YM' H0 Mala? V W glgfling and personnel assign-fm bv complmly revised, molraks were dmwxcrcci in :iw bunisnxag : ments will have In br? nalde. lglllll 0!'P'il'N'5dl E lli 'g ll: ll' dtausing the Building Conimillwz- Arif K. 5 sion on thc use 0 l c prc--lermme an p 3.-sun cmngr I j of 3'3- umr muh gi-hml is needed im-inf am-. in Ihr nrf1l::1L. lvvals to l 'alt -m-3-553-tlwlgi-V-ll-l'll'1 lg that the building may not be ready. Kane mined that Liguori had spoken before the .QR-I ' I . 1 u.. L..v:l.ll-- ,. datg from .lanua ' to QSptembcrKf'l'U7 Kane sta!6dTq'Thfere isn't any cvidq the present time that could lead one to cc that the school won'l be ready in Seplei Remaining work to be done. Kane 1 electrical work related to the inslallal machinery and cquiprncnl which cam complexed until inc equipment is in plac ' having thc drapvx hung and the rugs li K1?l'll'lt'lll-l'llLlrl0w, vlsrk of my wnrkg, Kunz uxprcswcd coniplclc vonlidcncc ll fllllltxl that llw electrical work would lake slum. flsrvv wuf1'l.x in gwnplglg llf: llmrnlna .md Fril'l.1w if '-Q-V r1::',afif-,l fn -1-e wvff' i..fgLl,,3 frail gmru ul lin liuililzmg if ,NA quuricru lil .ln limi 'Sf

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