Student athletes will begin arriving at the school on Monday.
This is the entrance to the new Minnechaug Regional High School as seen this spring.WILBRAHAM - The Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School Committee held its first meeting in the new high school Tuesday night.
“We’ve transitioned,” School Superintendent M. Martin O’Shea said.
He said the new building is complete, and certificates of occupancy have been received. Architect David Owen continues to review “a punch list,” O’Shea said.
“We will open on time,” O’Shea said.
Student athletes will begin arriving at school on Monday.
Aug. 29 is the first day of school in the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District and the first day students will attend classes in the new high school.
There will be a tour of the new high school for the public on Aug. 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
O’Shea said there will be maps and brochures about the building available and members of the public will be able to see the school “at their leisure.”
A second tour for the general public will be Sept. 8 from 8:30 to 10 a.m.
A ribbon cutting to mark the opening of the new high school is scheduled for Sept. 22 at 10 a.m.
“Student orientations will be held next week,” O’Shea said, adding, “There will be lots of chances to see the new building.”
“We can’t wait to show the building off,” he added.
Site work is on going, O’Shea added.
Of the old building, the library has been demolished and the gymnasium in the old building known as the green gym will be demolished on Thursday, the superintendent said.
The cost of the new high school is $67.45 million, with a state reimbursement paying for $34.8 million of the project.
The school district offices have been relocated to the new high school.
With storage space being limited in the new building, part of the move involved digitalizing personnel records, O’Shea said.