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Watchung Hills district highlights new design lab, learning commons and nearly $5 million in state aid

Watchung Hills Regional High School District · August 21, 2025
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Superintendent Elizabeth Jewett announced completed renovations at Watchung Hills Regional High School — including a new design lab and a 2021 learning commons with podcast, TV and VR facilities — and said nearly $5 million in state aid approved through recent referendums paid for the work without raising local taxes.

Elizabeth Jewett, superintendent of the Watchung Hills Regional High School District, announced that the district has completed a series of facility renovations at Watchung Hills Regional High School, including a new design lab and a learning commons finished in 2021.

Jewett said the upgrades were intended to provide "state of the art facilities designed to foster innovation, creativity, and collaboration" and stressed the changes go beyond cosmetic work. "We've enhanced our athletic facilities, upgraded our academic…

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