July 30, 2015
NEW HAVEN -- The vision for the new sustainable addition at the Common Ground High School is that a century from now, there will be a ceremony honoring the builders and financial contributors in New Haven who had the foresight in 2015 to make it all possible.
The school and its supporters Wednesday celebrated this latest phase of construction, as the structure begins to rise from its foundation.
Senate Pro Tem Martin M. Looney, Mayor Toni Harp and state Rep. Patricia Dillon, D-New Haven, helped shepherd through the necessary funding and are big fans of the school and its underlying educational philosophy.
For Dillon, she said the original vision has been expanded with the students involved in community projects through a wide array of networking to address climate change, the restoration of natural habitats, protection of the West River watershed and provision of a sanctuary for migrating birds.
“It is so much more than a school building,” Dillon said. “It’s just wonderful.”
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(photos by Michael Shulansky)