NEEDHAM, MA — Updated totals show that voters in the Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical High School vote were overwhelmingly in favor of a new high school.
Results provided by the school show that 1,844 Needham residents voted for the project while 164 voted no. The overall result from all 20 towns in the school district had the project passing 12,158-5,320.
“The level of support was simply overwhelming,” said Edward Bouquillon, superintendent of Minuteman Regional said in a release. “I’m so grateful to the voters and to everyone who worked so hard to make this happen. This is a major milestone in Minuteman’s history.”
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The vote allows the school to go ahead with plans for a new building. The Mass. School Building Authority has committed roughly $44 million in state money to help finance the project. The District will pay for the remaining $144.9 million in borrowing and through revenue generated by a new capital fee to be imposed on non-member communities that send students to Minuteman.
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