Enrico Fermi High School
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124 North Maple Street Enfield, Connecticut 06082 United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°00′00″N 72°19′20″W / 42.0001°N 72.3222°WCoordinates: 42°00′00″N 72°19′20″W / 42.0001°N 72.3222°W |
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| School type | Public High School |
| Opened | 1971-2016 (closed) |
| School district | Enfield Public Schools |
| CEEB code | 70179 |
| Principal | Paul Newton |
| Staff | 15.2 (FTE) (as of 2005-06) |
| Teaching staff | 84.4 (FTE) (as of 2007-08) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1,156 (as of 2007-08) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.7 (as of 2007-08) |
| Color(s) | Black, White, and Columbia blue |
| Slogan | Responsible Citizens - Lifelong Learners |
| Athletics conference | Central Connecticut Conference |
| Team name | Falcons |
| Publication | Falcon's Nest |
| Newspaper | "Enrico's Inquirer" |
| Yearbook | Traces |
| Website | Enrico Fermi Homepage |
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Enrico Fermi High School (defunct) was a high school located in Enfield, Connecticut, and closed when it consolidated with Enfield High School in 2016.
Enrico Fermi High School was established in 1971. It previously served the Enfield community along with Enfield High School as one of the town's two high schools.
In May 2010, it was voted that Enfield High School and Enrico Fermi High School would be undergoing a consolidation process as part of the restructuring and improvement plan of Enfield Public Schools. In November 2012, a town-wide referendum to appropriate $103 million for additions and renovations to Enfield High School overwhelmingly passed by a 2:1 margin. As a result of the consolidation Enrico Fermi High School is planned to close, resulting in yearly savings of $2 million, which would pay for bonding for the renovations and additions to Enfield High School. The State of Connecticut also will provide more than 70% reimbursement for construction to Enfield High School, as well. Students from Enrico Fermi will move into the expanded high school after construction is finished in 2016-2017, with an expected town-wide high school enrollment of 1,500 students. Proposed use of the vacated building include moving the middle school to the Enrico Fermi location or renovating the building as a town library/community center. The Enrico Fermi name was used as the name of the new STEAM wing of the expanded and renovated Enfield High School. In 2016, Enrico Fermi High School closed, and its students attend Enfield High School.
The school is named after Italian physicist Enrico Fermi. A 41-acre (170,000 m2) site for the school was purchased in February 1968 and a ground-breaking ceremony took place on September 14, 1968. The school opened for the 1971-72 school year with Mr. Anthony Torre as principal.
The building was designed by Charles "Ted" Bellingrath of Hartford firm Gibson von Dohlen and built by Fontaine Brothers of Springfield, MA.
For several years the fields were off limits and sports teams were required to drive to different locations in order to practice as harmful chemicals were found in the soil. The fields were redone and improved. "The Work" consists of remediation of approximately 41 acres of landscape area throughout the entire Fermi High School site. It is the intent of this project to cover the contaminated soil with new topsoil brought onto the site
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