The new Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School will be just about ready to welcome its first class of students, teachers, and staff this time next year, but not before a long-awaited ribbon-cutting ceremony is expected to take place in June 2026.

The build, which has progressed tremendously in the last week alone, is moving along as expected, with a few key spaces rapidly taking shape, thanks to Boston-based Suffolk Construction builders that have labored alongside Kaestle Boos, an architectural firm in on the project's design, in coordination with the build’s project owners, Colliers.

The floors may still be a bit dusty with pipes, wires, and drywall strewn about, but a tour of the new school takes about an hour — long enough to take in the high-ceilinged atrium of the 570-seat auditorium complete with a catwalk suspended overhead; a cafeteria that can feed 500 students with floor-to-ceiling windows; common spaces with “multi-sensory” boards and screens, setting a tone of modernity and inclusion for the Diman community.

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