SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) –It looks like a mall, a restaurant, or maybe even the entrance to a museum.
It’s the Grand Putnam Hall, the first place you step into at the new Putnam Vocational Technical High School.
Some students who used to go to the old Putnam might be a little too impressed with it.
“It’s nice. I wish I could just go here to see how it was” said recent graduate Noel Espinosa.
“The students that have already graduated want to come back. I’m like no I’m not letting you in the door again!” joked Principal Gil Traverso.
With part of the old Putnam still standing nearby, officials snipped the ribbon to the facility that stands on what used to be a football field.
The school is energy efficient, includes an amphitheater, media center, even a recording studio.
With all the state of the art school has to offer, students say they can’t wait to get back to work come August 27th.
“I’m actually really excited because the old school isn’t really that nice it’s more high tech and stuff” said student Jaleel Brown.
“Our school is going to be so much better, it’s going to have a lot of new stuff in it and it’s going to be a lot better than the old Putnam. I can already tell” said incoming Senior Gloria Mateo.
Brown has a message for his friends who chose to go to another school. “You should’ve picked Putnam” he teased.
90% of the Putnam’s $114 million price tag is being reimbursed by the state.
WOW
And in 2 weeks vandalism and graffiti will run rampant in the school
Low life taggers
Its a very nice school, and I hope with this school they hire enough security as well.
Yea because the old school did such a fine job. Baaaaaaaa.
Everybody better get a good tour of it now cuz those kids are going to ruin it in a few weeks! And also they need to do this to NLCS!
There are some very good kids that go to Putnam also, I have twin grand daughters starting this year and their sister graduated with high honors, perfect attendance,and received the John & abigail scholarship, which she will use to go to college and also passed the state board and is already is a licensed cosmetologist and is only 18. Most kids do not achieve all that in many other schools, I think Putnam does a great job.