Taconic High School
Taconic (Vocational) High School is a high school in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. Taconic was built in 1968 and opened in 1969. While offering general education courses, its primary focus was on vocational training and it offered such courses as auto mechanics, printing, drafting, electronics, carpentry, and others. As of May 2016, J. H. Maxymillian Inc. officially broke ground on a $120.8 million plan to construct a new Taconic High School at the same location. J. H. Maxymillian Inc. won the bid for three early contracts on the construction of the school. The new high school was completed in time for the September 2018 school year and the old school was demolished upon completion of the new one. An expanded parking lot and soccer field were built where the old school stood in 2019. The new school covers 246,520 square feet to accommodate 920 students. Along with the opening of the new school, the school's logo was changed as the former logo was deemed insensitive to indigenous peoples, respectively. In August 2020, the Pittsfield School Committee voted to get rid of the team name The Braves and a new team name and mascot to be determined.[6]
| Taconic High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
96 Valentine Road , 01201 United States | |
| Coordinates | 42.4592°N 73.2736°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Open enrollment[1] |
| Established | 1968 |
| School district | Pittsfield Public Schools |
| Principal | Matthew Bishop |
| Faculty | 136[2] |
| Teaching staff | 86[3] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 821 (2019–20)[4] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10:1 |
| Color(s) | Green and gold |
| Athletics conference | Berkshire County Conf. |
| Mascot | TBD |
| Team name | TBD |
| Accreditation | New England Association of Schools and Colleges[5] |
| Website | taconic |
References
- http://www.doe.mass.edu/finance/schoolchoice/choice-status.pdf
- "Staff Directory". taconic.pittsfield.net. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- "Staff Directory". taconic.pittsfield.net. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- "Pittsfield Public Schools Fiscal Year 2021 Budget" (PDF). Pittsfield Public Schools. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
- NEASC-CIS. "NEASC-Commission on Independent Schools". Archived from the original on 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- Smith, Geoff; Eagle, The Berkshire. "Pittsfield School Committee votes to remove Braves mascot from Taconic, will look further into PHS mascot". The Berkshire Eagle. Retrieved 2020-08-13.