Sharon Middle School Project Puts Community on Cloud 9

Students, staff and school, local, school and state leaders participated in this morning's dedication.

In the fall of 2010, two weeks before classes started, the Sharon Middle School "looked like the surface of the moon," Principal Kevin O'Rourke noted today. This morning, outside the Mountain Street school's entrance, students, staff, and school, local and state leaders were on cloud nine. This morning's ribbon-cutting using special "big and fancy" scissors officially dedicated the Sharon Middle School-Early Childhood Center, "just under two years ago, by a couple of days," O'Rourke recalled, since the groundbreaking for the $47 million renovation and addition project. "A lot has happened since then, but we are very thrilled to be in our new building," the principal said. The dedication began outside the school entrance, where SMS students…

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Southeastern Breaks Ground on $32 Million Renovation Project

Local and state officials were on hand Wednesday morning for the groundbreaking.

A $32 million project that will create sweeping changes to the building structure of Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School broke ground Wednesday. State and local officials were on hand for the ceremony. "This is a celebration of a unity of learners who have come together every single day with educators," State Treasurer Steve Grossman said. Grossman was the keynote speaker at the event. He was joined by the new head of the Massachusetts School Building Authority, Jack McCarthy, Brockton Mayor Linda Balzotti, Southeastern school committee members and Southeastern Superintendent Luis Lopes. The project will add new science labs, expansions to health and medical facilities, expansions to culinary art facilities, the …

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