Schools

Naugatuck Committee Proposes New Future Middle School Model

As reported in The Citizen's News, a committee behind the schools' future approved a proposal to reconfigure the middle school to a 5-8 model for the future.

The committee charged with examining the layout of future schools in Naugatuck settled on a new middle school model where students from grades five to eight are on one property.

The Long Term School Facility Planning Committee as part of a complete reconfiguration of all the borough schools. The committee is charged with looking at the future of Naugatuck education 15-20 years down the road.

As reported in The Citizen's News, which has a full article on the approval of the plan, Mayor Robert Mezzo said the five-eight model was simpler than the alternative, a K-6 elementary model and a 7-8 middle school model.

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Read The Citizen’s News for the full story of last Thursday’s meeting.

The Long Term School Facility Planning Committee had successful put forth a proposal to renovate Naugatuck High School to the tune of $81 million. That passed at referendum by a 2-to-1 margin and now borough officials are in the pre-construction phase.

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Editor's Note: The previous headline was incorrect. There was no vote by the Board of Education although this item has gotten some approval from the Long Term School Facility Planning Committee.


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