FRANKLIN - Students attending Tri-County Regional Vocational Techinical High School in 2027 will learn in a new building thanks to the voters casting ballots in a special election on Tuesday.
Sixty-two percent of the 5,365 voters in the 11 communities Tri-County serves supported the request for funding of the $285,992,692 million project.
Millis, Seekonk and Walpole were the only towns opposed to a new facility.
Franklin, where the school is located, voted 1,329 in favor with 316 opposed; Medfield was in favor 188 to 29; Medway had 511 yes votes and only 66 nos; Millis had only 351 in favor and 656 opposed; Norfolk supported the request 540 to 169; North Attleboro had 528 yes votes and 368 nos; Plainville voted 317 in favor with 239 opposed; Seekonk had only 274 yesses and 351 against; Sherborn’s totals were 206 to 27 in favor and Walpole had 663 vote yes and 889 saying no.
North Attleboro has the most students attending Tri-County, so their annual costs will be more than the other 10 communities at approximately $3 million.
Plainville will be on the hook for approximately $1.6 million a year.
The topic was addressed when North Attleboro Town Council President Justin Pare and Plainville Select Board Chair Jeff Johnson were on the North TV set Tuesday night for live election results.
North Attleboro, of course, is also looking at the possibility of expanding and renovating the current high school on Wilson Whitty Way or build a new one.
Click the video below to stream Pare and Johnson discussing the impact of Tuesday's election.
The Massachusetts School Building Authority had good news for Tri-County’s 11 communities on Wednesday.
The MSBA voted to provide an additional $20 million for the project, money that would have been paid by the towns.
Thanks to Pare and Johnson for joining us on the North TV set Tuesday for our election night coverage.
We’re proud of the fact that we were on the cable station in the Tri-County district to provide live results of Tuesday’s special election.
