GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - The Berkshire Hills Regional School District is moving forward with efforts to renovate or rebuild the Monument Mountain Regional High School.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority accepted the district’s application for assistance this week.

This is the second time the MSBA has accepted the district into the program. The towns in the district in 2015 voted down a proposal to renovate the high school. ​

The current building is over 50 years old, and has a leaky roof, outdated fire suppression systems, and very little natural light.

Monument Mountain principal Kristina Farina said she’s excited about the opportunity to re-imagine what their classroom spaces could look like.

“Every single year in this building we’re trying to make changes to adjust our learning spaces, and we’re just held back by the structure that we operate in,” said Farina. “And then couple that with all the work we’ve been doing particularly around our career vocational technical programming, and those spaces are so out of date and really need an upgrade.”

Farina said their next steps are to form a building committee and hire a project manager this summer.