The board’s facilities and technology committee is recommending Hamden-based architectural firm Silver Petrucelli and Associates to conduct the study over Glastonbury-based SLAM Collaborative, the architect for the grade 7-12 Torrington Middle/High School project. Committee members heard presentations from the firms during a special meeting Monday. The full board is scheduled to meet at Torrington High School at 6 p.m. Wednesday, with a final vote on the agenda. Torrington Middle School, built in 1994, is the district’s newest school. The four elementary schools are all at least 70 years old, with grade K-3 Torringford School being renovated in 2007, the last major facilities project before the middle/high school project. Silver Petrucelli and Associates is undertaking similar studies across Torrington, including one at the city fire department and another at EdAdvance’s Head Start program on Grove Street, said principal architect at the company Dean Petrucelli.
Timeline an important factor to some as Torrington considers school improvements