Residents Fight to Keep Hawley Elementary School Open

Residents in Newtown are fighting the proposal to close Hawley Elementary School.

It was recently said that a $1 million budget deficit would exist if the school isn’t shut.

Many have voiced their concerns about a school being closed and are now circulating a petition.

In part, he petition states, “The proposal to close Hawley School to address a temporary decline in enrollment would indefensibly and permanently eliminate the only historic school in the Newtown School District. The closing of any Newtown school on the same day we welcome the opening of Sandy Hook School would be immeasurably disruptive to our healing community at this crucial time in Newtown’s history.”

To view and/or sign the petition, click here.