GREAT BARRINGTON — Three separate times on Tuesday night, Barrington Brewery erupted in cheers.

The first came just minutes after the polls closed at 7 p.m., and Superintendent Peter Dillon announced West Stockbridge had overwhelmingly passed both ballot measures for a new Monument Mountain Regional High School building.

Ten minutes later, the room momentarily quieted in suspense while Dillon announced the Stockbridge results. Voters there also approved the project — and word was that Great Barrington voters also had signed off as well, though the numbers were not yet in.

More cheers.

By 7:50, it was official: Great Barrington had approved the measure. Applause, hugs and more cheers filled the room for several minutes as the reality set in: After more than a decade of work, the battle for a new school building had ended in victory.

Voters districtwide overwhelmingly approved a new $152 million high school building, 2,736 to 774.

“It’s totally great,” Dillon said as person after person came to congratulate him. “I couldn’t be more excited.”

School Board Chair Steve Bannon said he was thrilled with the large margin of nearly two to one, and how the community has invested in the future of its students.

“This project is going to go forward,” Bannon said. “The students now and for generations are going to have a beautiful building.”

Dillon thanked the voters and all those involved with the project for “investing in our collective future.”

“Collectively, we worked hard to earn the community's trust, and we're so happy with the outcome,” Dillon said. “Most of all, we're thrilled to share this news with the students who inform and inspire our work. We're so excited to create spaces to enhance and improve their learning opportunities and environment.“

State Rep. Leigh Davis, who was on the Great Barrington Select Board when a similar project failed in 2014, said she couldn’t be prouder of how the community stepped up. She added that for many people who worked tirelessly on it, their kids had already graduated, and this is just an example of how deeply the community cares about one another.

“For me, this has come full circle,” Davis said. “This is the result of a lot of hard work. It’s a great day. I’m so proud of everyone."

Voters in Great Barrington, Stockbridge and West Stockbridge weighed in on two ballots. The first was districtwide, allowing Berkshire Hills Regional School District to borrow $152,067,064. The other was town by town, asking if each town could override the Massachusetts Proposition 2 1/2 that limits how much property taxes can increase each year.

Local taxpayers in the three towns are responsible for paying $89 million, while the Massachusetts School Building Authority will cover $61 million and MassSave incentives will contribute $1.5 million.

A model of the final design for the proposed new Monument Mountain Regional High School building. Voters overwhelmingly approved the building in Tuesday's special election.

A $600,000 home in Great Barrington would have an estimated annual tax increase of $867; in Stockbridge it would be $863; and in West Stockbridge it would be $748. For a personalized tax estimate, check the district's tax impact calculator.

The plans for a new, state-of-the-art, three-story, energy-efficient high school built for 485 students only required a majority on Ballot 1 to move forward. The second question determines how the towns pay for their share.

Supporters of the new building project and committee members react to voters overwhelmingly approving the $152 million project on Tuesday at Barrington Brewery & Restaurant in Great Barrington.