RSU 24 Board Chair Roy Gott is proud of his board and the community for backing a new school that serves both middle and high school students – on different floors – with a dedicated 300-seat performance space and heat pumps. In the beginning some members of the community had their doubts about the need for the new facility, but now “everybody is amazed, including the oldest alumni”. Conceding there are many ways to get off track on a project of this size, “we finished up within the project budget”. The project is finishing up with the development of new athletic fields.