North Branford High School offers glimpse into new building [Video]

“It was a total breakdown, build-up, rebuild from the ground up,” Superintendent Scott Schoonmaker said.

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A new state-of-the-art high school.

“I’ve been here for 16 years and we’ve been talking about it for probably 15 years,” Schoonmaker said.

Now complete, and finally open for students to walk the halls, excitement is in the air.

“That was incredible when we got there, so much cleaner. All the technology was better, there’s a smell, it smelled like a new school,” high school senior Noah Allen said.

Superintendent Schoonmaker and students gave News 8 a tour.

“It’s a college-like campus, very open, very …