City Receives $151 Million From State For New Norwalk High School

NORWALK, CT — Stressing that the new school will meet the needs of 21st Century learning, state and local officials Friday announced the $151 million grant that will pay for most of the new Norwalk High School.

The total cost of the planned 330,000-square-foot building, which will house both Norwalk High School and P-Tech, is expected to be about $189 million, $38 million or so will come from city coffers.

Construction will not begin on the school until 2021 at the earliest, and it will take well over a year to build.

"This school is 49 years old, and it was modeled after a prison," said state Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff about current Norwalk High School. Duff, who was instrumental in securing state funding for the school, is a graduate of Norwalk High School. "It does not meet the standards of 21st Century learning."

The state funding set aside for new Norwalk High School is part of a total of $448 million the state approved for school construction projects.

"This is more than a new building," said Gov. Ned Lamont. "This is our commitment to you, the students and teachers."