Shops and common areas would be located on the ground floor. A subcommittee was formed to inventory the current equipment and furniture and as much of the material that can be saved from the current school will be moved over to the new one.

"As much as we can take from the old Taconic into the new Taconic, we want to take," McCandless said. "A piece of vocational equipment may last 30, 40, or 50 years."

Staff from each vocational department will be heading the effort to determine what to save and what to buy new through working with the consultants and visiting other shops. The MSBA allows $2,400 for furniture and $2,400 for equipment per student, limiting the amount of reimbursement for those items.