The board this week held a public forum on the project with architects from Kaestle Boos Associates speaking from the high school library. Kaestle Boos was hired by the school board to develop the project’s preliminary plans. Board Chairwoman Fiona Cappabianca repeatedly stressed during the forum that the high school, which was build in the 1960s, needs a tremendous amount of work to become a viable facility. She and Kaestle Boos representatives also explained that for Torrington to receive the maximum reimbursement for a project from the state, building a new facility is a better option. In response to questions about tax increases, Cappabianca said the school board planned to post a full explanation of the impact on property taxes on the Board of Education website. One of the final questions asked what the Board of Education would do if the referendum were to fail, and whether there was an option to “delay or do nothing.”
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