Worcester Vocational High School

Construction is well underway at the new Vocational High School site and is well on target for its anticipated September 2006 opening.

On June 10, 2002, ground was broken for Worcester’s new Vocational High School, a $60 million dollar state-of-art 400,000 square foot building that will be the skills learning center for fueling area corporate, business and industry growth. This is the first new vocational high school to be built in Massachusetts in over 25 years.

On target to meet its scheduled opening in 2006, Worcester Vocational High School will literally be built to work. Housing 1,500 day students, plus an after-hours population of some 3,000 students in over 100 classrooms, 24 learning centers, numerous shops, support areas, retails stores, restaurants, a fully-operational bank, automotive repair and collision service areas, a health clinic as well as meeting and tourism facilities, the new vocational school will fulfill many community needs.

Private interests have stepped up to meet equipment costs, with a $3 million dollar capital fundraising campaign, the Technology Fund. Money raised by this private campaign will qualify for matching funds to meet the $30 million dollar need for up-to-date tools, training aids, equipment and systems for all students. This fundraising efforts continues a long standing Worcester tradition – in 1908, Worcester Trade School, one of the first vocational high schools in the nation, was built with funds contributed by local industrialists.