TRUMBULL — A committee dedicated to seeing through the construction of the new Hillcrest Middle School said the project could be completed in 2028, but they hope to get it done even sooner.

Hillcrest Middle School custodian supervisor Pat Conte, who has worked at the school for 28 years, attends to the windows at the school in Trumbull, Conn., on Wednesday September 25, 2024.

Hillcrest Middle School teachers Emily Schuessler, in center, and Erica Edwards, behind her, give parents a tour of the school in Trumbull, Conn., on Wednesday September 25, 2024.