Warren Fox Kaynor Technical High School was established in 1953, and is located in the city of Waterbury on approximately twenty acres. The building size is approximately   215,000 square feet as a result of our 2009 total school renovation project. 

Kaynor students hail from the city of Waterbury and the towns of Naugatuck, Prospect, Watertown, Wolcott, Beacon Falls, Middlebury, Southbury and Woodbury. At present, Kaynor offers thirteen trades: automotive collision repair and refinishing, automotive technology, carpentry, culinary arts, computer aided drafting and design, electrical, electronics, fashion technology/entrepreneur, health technology, hairdressing, barbering and cosmetology, licensed practical nursing (adult day program), manufacturing technology and plumbing and heating. In addition to the trades, the following program of study along with curricular enhancements is offered: language and math literacy labs teach research-based learning strategies as enrichment and support student learning in the content area. A support/ancillary service complement exists for special education and Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act students as well as the regular provision of school counseling, psychology and social work services.  Career lab modules are scheduled in addition to standard academic core offerings of English, social studies, science, physical and health education. Additional opportunities to participate in non-compulsory programming including work – based learning, teen leadership, art and music exist. An approximate two-week cycle rotation is used to provide equal exposure to the technologies and academic subjects. During the first year, freshmen are assigned to a structured exploratory technology course of study which includes all trade related subjects and academic core classes. Hands-on opportunities and theory lessons are integral parts of the school program.

Trade Technology Advisory Committees (TTAC) comprised of technology service or industry practioners who share knowledge about current trends and techniques with instructors in order to keep lessons relevant. Through the cooperation of local industry and business, students are provided with an opportunity for realistic, on-the-job experience in both their trades (via school projects) and through cooperative outside job placement in the work based learning program.   

Since its opening in 1953, W.F. Kaynor Technical High School has undergone three expansion projects that have reflected in part, the changing needs of our community. When the school initially opened, ten trades were offered. In 1968, one of the trades, watch clock and instrument making, was considered obsolete and was replaced by electronics.   In 1973, automotive collision repair was moved to a separate location after years of sharing space in the automotive trade. Plumbing and heating was added at this time as well.   In 1982, a comprehensive program in the culinary arts was added. To date, thirteen trades are offered.  Currently, the community at large has called upon us to integrate health technology and services into our current program of study.

The three phase renovation project was extended for a period of time in order to complete the sixty-million dollar state of the art technology high school.  After approximately forty months the project has reached substantial completion. Every school department, excluding health technology, enjoys choice amenities within a new locale.  Most of the facility issues and concerns that were articulated in past reports no longer exist.  Within the next two years we anticipate the health technology technical lab/services department to be completed according to the fall 2009 design.