Charles H. McCann Technical High School
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70 Hodges Cross Road North Adams, Massachusetts 01247 |
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| Status | Open |
| School district | Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District |
| Superintendent | James J. Brosnan |
| CEEB code | 221575 |
| Principal | Justin Kratz |
| Faculty | 46 |
| Grades | 9-12 and Post Secondary |
| Age | 14 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 564 |
| Average class size | 14.1 (2014) |
| Language | English |
| Hours in school day | 6.75 |
| Classrooms | 35 |
| School color(s) | Green and White |
| Athletics | Football, Basketball, Baseball, Lacrosse, Softball, Cross-Country, Cheerleading, Soccer, Golf, Bowling, and Co-op Sports |
| Mascot | Hornet |
| Average SAT scores | 480 verbal 480 math 440 writing 1400 total (2015-2016) |
| Website | http://www.mccanntech.org |
Charles H. McCann Technical School is a technical school located in North Adams, Massachusetts that serves grades 9-12. It serves the Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District made up of the City of North Adams, and the towns of Adams, Williamstown, Cheshire, Lanesborough, Clarksburg, Florida, Savoy, and Monroe, with tuition-based students coming from various other towns. In the high school, during the 2014-2015 school year, McCann had an enrollment of 500 students. McCann also provides a Post Secondary program.
The Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District was formed as the first vocational regional school district in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1958. McCann Technical School opened in October 1962 following the completion of the construction of our current facility with 285 students. The regional district had to be established, program offerings chosen, and a building site of 80 acres purchased. The campus chosen is located 2.5 miles from downtown North Adams on Route 8A and provides vocationally focused educational services to the district towns of Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, Lanesborough, Monroe, Savoy, Williamstown, and the city of North Adams.
The persistence of Charles H. McCann, a proponent of vocational technical education, helped make all this possible. He was a graduate of Fitchburg State College and worked in the Boston area as a tool and die maker. His father worked in Sprague Electric Company as a master machinist and in 1930 Charles moved to the Berkshires and joined his father working at Sprague for ten years. Mr. McCann became the first director of vocational programs for Drury High School and as director recognized the need for a larger more modern space for vocational instruction for all of Northern Berkshire. Through his efforts McCann Technical School was built and he was named the director. Unfortunately he suffered a fatal heart attack before the school could be built and the school was named in his honor.
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