Burlington’s new high school and technical center is finally taking shape. The fenced-off Institute Road construction site shows no trace of the sprawling 60-year-old structure that once stood there. In its place is the frame of the 250,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art educational facility that will replace it. The new building is slated to open in fall 2026.
This month, the school district extended an invitation to community members to visit the burgeoning building to “sign the beam” — a 25-foot-long piece of steel that will eventually be incorporated into the new high school.
On a recent Tuesday morning, 40 fifth graders from C.P. Smith Elementary School walked over so they could add their signatures. Already, dozens of students, teachers and graduates had made their mark in Sharpie…