High-Profile Focus: Schools and Institutions | Feature Story
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September 2025
Construction Underway on New High School and Technical Center in Burlington Burlington, VT – Construction is currently underway on a new 4-story, 250,000sf high school and technical center in Burlington. Vermont’s first new-build high school in decades, the campus will be located on Institute Road and is designed to be a flexible, accessible, and sustainable school. The building will sit on the same site as the original building, which was demolished in 2023. A beam-raising ceremony was held recently, where hundreds of students, alumni, and community members came together to sign the beam and celebrate the completion of the superstructure.
“ From the start, we set out to design a school that would feel welcoming, connected to nature, and built for collaboration. We worked closely with students, educators, and community members to develop a program of closely knit spacesfilled with natural light. The final design is efficient, airy, and carefully tuned for acoustics.” – Alex Halpern, president at Freeman French Freeman
South entrance / Renderings courtesy of Freeman French Freeman, Inc.
Alex Halpern, president at Freeman French Freeman, said, “From the start, we set out to design a school that would feel welcoming, connected to nature, and built for collaboration. We worked closely
with students, educators, and community members to develop a program of closely knit spaces filled with natural light. The final design is efficient, airy, and carefully tuned for acoustics.”
The school includes a 2-story student commons, which serves as a cafeteria, community gathering place, and lobby for both the 750-seat auditorium and oversized gymnasium. Smaller public
THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP For almost 90 years Freeman French Freeman has designed Vermont’s largest and most complex projects, including the new Burlington High School & Technical Education Center. We designed the new high school in collaboration with DRA Architects—one of many Boston-area firms we have partnered with in recent years.
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