John T. Nichols Middle School


	The John T. Nichols Middle School is scheduled to open for the 1999-2000 school year. The building is dedicated to the late John T. (Tiger) Nichols who was the chairman of the school committee for 20 years, and he served on the school committee for 25 years, he passed away in June of 97'. The building features a campus or village type layout, and is being built at a cost of approximately 23 million dollars, and an additional $485,000 for the seventy acres it sits on. The rate of reimbursement by the State is 79%. The building will house grades 6,7, and 8, and has a maximum capacity of 1100 students. The building is expected to be dedicated in October 1999, but it will be ready well before the first day of school this year. The General Contractor is Congress Construction Company, and the Architect is Drummey, Rosane, and Anderson.