Homecoming was last week, but a group of alums returned Boothbay Region High School Oct. 11 for a very different purpose. Town officials from Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor took a guided tour of the building to see its condition before the Nov. 7 referendum vote to fund a $60 million new high school.
Selectmen from both towns, as well as the two town managers, took the tour led by Community School District Board (CSD) of Trustees Chair Steve Lorrain. Alternative Organizational Structure (AOS) 98 Superintendent Robert Kahler and project architect Joe Britton also helped lead the group.
Town officials approached the CSD to discuss the 1956 building’s issues, and Lorrain suggested they see them firsthand.
“A lot of them went to school here, so they already know what the problems are,” Lorrain said. “A lot of them weren’t even born when the place was built, so (my goal was)…
