Enfield's superintendent of schools expects the certificate of occupancy for the newly expanded high school to come in sometime prior to the first day of school on Sept. 6.
With the $100 million construction project about five days ahead of schedule, Enfield High School should be open for tours and orientation next week.
"We're opening the building with a lot of it done but the music wing and auditorium won't be completed til some time next winter," said the superintendent, Jeffrey Schumann.
Workers still have a long way to go on the music wing and auditorium, but the cafeteria space at the high school is big enough for band practice.
Making do is nothing new at Enfield High School.
"We haven't had gyms. We haven't had cafeterias. Kids had to eat in the auditorium for a while. Kids have been great. Staff have been great. We're gonna endure the last few months because we know in January it's gonna be perfect," Schumann said.
It'll all be new to students coming from the now-closed Fermi High School to their former crosstown rival.
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"I'm not gonna know where I'm going but it's OK. It's all a learning experience," said Emily Baker, who will be a senior. "It's gonna be crazy! I'm gonna feel like a freshman all over again. I worked so hard to be a senior just to feel like a freshman."
She and her mother think the new school is beautiful but they said the students will have to build something themselves at Enfield High School: one student body.
"The school rivalries from each other...are Enfield High kids going to be welcoming in Fermi kids as you hope they are?" Jennifer Baker said.
Schumann said when the whole building is open, they'll have a grand opening and invite people to see the new facility.
