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Mayor says Board of Education’s FAST Academy slated to open in Forbes School in September; councilors question efficiency amid declining enrollment
Summary
Mayor Eleanor Carbone told the Torrington City Council that the Board of Education plans to open a FAST Academy at Forbes School in September and that the BOE ended FY25 with a $3.2 million surplus, including a $1.5 million transfer to a non-lapsing educational fund.
Mayor Eleanor Carbone told the Torrington City Council that the Board of Education plans to open a FAST Academy at Forbes School in September and that a portion of the building will be used to store educational records. She said the BOE recently ended fiscal year 2025 with a $3.2 million surplus and transferred $1.5 million into a non-lapsing educational fund under a statutory change enacted in May 2024 that allows the BOE to move up to 2% of its operating budget into a capital/reserve account without Board of Finance approval.
Carbone said the superintend…
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