WOODSTOCK — Officials at the Windsor Central Supervisory Union are offering the public building tours of Woodstock Union High School and Middle School as they make plans to upgrade or replace the 62-year-old facility.
“The current facility was constructed in 1957, is now over 60 years old, and (while code compliant by virtue of being grandfathered in) does not meet current standards for health, safety, or learning — including such items as ADA compliance; fire safety; septic system; HVAC, security, and structural codes,” school officials said in a news release earlier this month.
School officials last spring said replacing the schools could cost roughly $66 million, and in June the School Board “voted unanimously to explore the financial viability, including public, private and other funding sources, of building a new middle and high school as part of a district-wide facility improvement plan,” according to the news release.
To inform members of the community about the problems with the current structure, the school district began offering hourlong building tours last week. Three more are upcoming: on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 5:30 p.m.; on Monday, Dec. 9, at 5 p.m.; and on Thursday, Dec. 19, at 5:30 p.m.
All tours begin in the school lobby.