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Cheshire Board hears enrollment rise, outlines redistricting timeline tied to new Norton and Barnum schools
Summary
District leaders told the Board of Education that enrollment is tracking close to the demographer's 'medium' projection, outlined capacity concerns tied to new Norton and Barnum buildings and set a redistricting timetable that could produce three draft maps after Sept. 12 data is finalized.
Dr. Solon told the Cheshire Board of Education on Sept. 4 that district enrollment is tracking near the demographer’s medium projection and that redistricting work must move quickly to give families and staff time to plan. “We are pretty much spot on the middle of the road projection,” he said about the demographer’s model. The superintendent and administrators said the district expects finalized enrollment data on Sept. 12 and that the demographer, Mike Zuba, will then produce three redistricting options. The board was given projections that show continued elementary (K–6) growth and a middle‑school peak in the…
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