By Amber Angove—For the North Star Reporter
A new entrance to North Attleborough High School is now complete, as work on the
town’s new high school continues to move forward.
The entrance separates construction vehicles from the daily traffic entering and leaving
the existing high school, according to Superintendent John Antonucci at Tuesday’s School Committee meeting.
Elsewhere on the site, crews began drilling geothermal wells last week, which will extend approximately 850 feet underground. Additionally, concrete for the foundation is expected to be poured soon.
Antonucci said the project remains “on schedule and on budget,” adding that “overall, [it]
seems to be going quite well.”
The new 226,740-square-foot high school is the culmination of years of planning to replace the existing building, which has served North Attleborough students since 1973. The town first
sought state assistance for the project in 2017, eventually entering a lengthy process of
studying the existing building and weighing renovation and replacement options.
Plans ultimately moved forward for a new school to be built on the existing high school campus,
allowing students to continue using the current building during construction.
Residents approved an approximately $180 million Proposition 2 1/2 override in 2025, allowing the funding needed to move forward with construction. The plan calls for the existing high school to be demolished after students transition into the new building, with that portion of the property to be redeveloped as athletic fields.
The new school is expected to open to students in 2028, with the overall project—including demolition of the existing high school and completion of the site—expected to wrap up in 2029.