State's most expensive school: Newton North

The designers behind the Newton North High school project recently won the 2011 Award for Design Excellence from the Boston Society of Architects. 'We thought the new layout for the site, which brings the entrance to the school into play with the sports field, was brilliant,' said the judges. After a decade of controversy, Newton North High School finally opened in the fall of 2010 on Walnut Street in Newtonville. With a price tag of $197.5 million, it is the most expensive public school ever built in Massachusetts. Pictured is the new Newton North football field.
Joel Medina / Globe staff
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The designers behind the Newton North High school project recently won the 2011 Award for Design Excellence from the Boston Society of Architects.

"We thought the new layout for the site, which brings the entrance to the school into play with the sports field, was brilliant," said the judges.

After a decade of controversy, Newton North High School finally opened in the fall of 2010 on Walnut Street in Newtonville. With a price tag of $197.5 million, it is the most expensive public school ever built in Massachusetts.

Pictured is the new Newton North football field.