>ugar 

 River Valley 



Brand New and State-of-the-Art 



By Frank Fahey 



T 



he Sugar River Valley Regional Technical Center, 

 Newport Campus, will open this fall with five new pro- 

 grams for secondary students in Region 10, which en- 

 compasses schools in Newport, Claremont and 

 Sunapee. The five programs in this new 42,000 square 

 foot, two-floor Technical Center are Agricultural Tech- 

 nology, Automotive Technology, Cosmetology, Business 

 Systems/Automated Accounting and Health Occupa- 

 tions. The Technical Center was designed by the archi- 

 tectural firm of LaVallee-Bressinger from IVlanchester, 

 NH. The State of New Hampshire funded this project 

 for $3.4 million to construct and $1 million to fully 

 equip. It becomes part of the comprehensive high 

 school in the town of Newport. The project was di- 

 rected by Dr. G. William Porter, State Director of Voca- 

 tional-Technical Education, and Frank Fahey, Director 

 of Vocational Education for the town of Newport. 



The Agriculture Technology Program has six major 

 components: Ornamental Floriculture, Horticultural/ 

 Landscaping, Animal Science, Forestry/Natural Re- 

 sources and Agricultural Mechanics. This illustrates the 

 breadth and depth of this new exciting program in the 

 west central part of our state. The 7,000 square feet fa- 



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