The persistence of Charles H. McCann, a proponent of vocational technical education, helped make all this possible. He was a graduate of Fitchburg State College and worked in the Boston area as a tool and die maker. His father worked in Sprague Electric Company as a master machinist and in 1930 Charles moved to the Berkshires and joined his father working at Sprague for ten years. Mr. McCann became the first director of vocational programs for Drury High School and as director recognized the need for a larger more modern space for vocational instruction for all of Northern Berkshire. Through his efforts McCann Technical School was built and he was named the director. Unfortunately he suffered a fatal heart attack before the school could be built and the school was named in his honor.