Future Of Southington's Elementary Schools Topic Of Special Meeting

SOUTHINGTON, CT — A significant special school board meeting on Tuesday, April 1, will look at the future of Southington Public Schools and how its elementary school-aged pupils are educated.

That's because the on-again, off-again issue of Southington Public Schools' elementary school facilities appears to be back on again.

The Southington Board of Education is hosting a special meeting on Tuesday, April 1, in the J.A. DePaulo Middle School auditorium, 385 Pleasant St., Southington, to look at the issue.

The meeting will include an in-depth presentation on potential school construction projects relative to Southington's elementary schools.

In addition, a school system capacity study will be unveiled, with the public learning more about enrollment and the buildings' ability to meet those needs.

Two years ago, the Southington Board of Education took a serious look at the school population and facilities to see if new schools needed to be built, others closed, and other Southington districts consolidated.

That effort, however, was met with resistance from residents, parents, and community members who feared how such new changes would impact their children.

Tuesday, yet another study will be unveiled, with the public having the opportunity to comment on the situation.

In 2023, a similar study targeted Flanders Elementary School at 100 Victoria Drive, Southington, as one that could be closed.

Citing facility concerns and enrollment changes, closing Flanders and redistricting children there was one option that had parents in 2023 concerned.

For the agenda of Tuesday, April 1's, special Southington Board of Education meeting, click on this link.

From April 5, 2023: 'Study Shows Southington School's Future Is In Doubt'