Wells-Ogunquit CSD Holds Ground Breaking Ceremony for Wells High School Construction Project

Post date: Sep 26, 2014 7:43:54 PM

Wells-Ogunquit C.S.D. officials, teachers, students, the WHS Band and various Wells and Ogunquit town officials assembled at noon on Friday, September 26^th at Wells High School for a ground breaking ceremony to commemorate the start of the project to renovate and expand Wells High School. As construction trucks rolled in and out of the school’s driveway, WOCSD Superintendent Ellen Schneider and seven other guest speakers spoke briefly to the audience just outside of the construction site. The two-year, $26.85 million project was approved by Wells-Ogunquit voters last November. The general contractor for the project is Arthur C. Dudley, Inc.

From left to right with shovels in hand are WHS teacher Steve Kayser, Building Committee Co-Chair Zak Harding, Wells Town Manager Jon Carter, WOCSD Superintendent Ellen Schneider, WHS student Ally O’Brien, School Committee Chair Helena Ackerson, State Senator Ron Collins, Building Committee Co-Chair Josh Gould, and WHS Principal Jim Daly.

Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony at Wells High School on Friday is WOCSD Superintendent Ellen Schneider. Seated from left to right is Wells Town Manager Jon Carter, Building Committee Co-Chair Zak Harding, Building Committee Co-Chair Josh Gould, School Committee Chair Helena Ackerson, State Senator Ron Collins, WHS student Ally O’Brien, WHS teacher Steve Kayser, and WHS Principal Jim Daly.