Approval of the proposed $159.6 million Torrington Middle/High School building project would help rejuvenate the city, making it a place where people would want to move, Killackey said. The project would bring seventh- and eighth-graders from Torrington Middle School to the new school. The Board of Education also would move its central offices from 355 Migeon Ave. to the new building. If approved, the project would cost $159.6 million and construction would be done by August 2024. An $85 million state reimbursement would lower the city’s cost to $74.6 million. The existing school opened in 1963. Vogel-Wetmore Elementary School served as the previous high school. If the referendum fails, maintenance and renovation updates would cost $112.2 million. However, the state would pitch in only $33.9 million, raising the city’s cost to $78.3 million, $3.7 million more than a new school.
Torrington residents debate $159.6 million middle/high school project