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City Arts and Sciences Academy enrollment grows; city, district outline staffing, construction and funding plans
Summary
Principal and city officials outlined enrollment, staffing, partnerships and a tight summer construction schedule for the new City Arts and Sciences Academy (Casa); officials warned the Phase 1 buildout timeline is condensed and flagged potential procurement and waiver steps for larger capital work.
District and city officials updated the school committee on the City Arts and Sciences Academy (Casa), reporting rising enrollment, planned staffing, community partnerships and a tight facilities schedule ahead of the intended fall opening.
“Principal Chris Norkin said enrollment had reached 237 students with more than 40 additional applications to process and that the school is seeing particular interest from seventh, eighth, tenth and eleventh graders,” the principal said, describing outreach to feeder schools and family engagement work.
District staff proposed a staffing model to serve 300 students that includes roughly 23–25 total teaching and…
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