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Selectmen approve purchase of West Street building for special-education program; Board of Finance to hold public hearing
Summary
The Board of Selectmen approved buying the building next to Simsbury High School to house a district special-education pathways program and will send the contract to the Board of Finance for a public hearing.
The Simsbury Board of Selectmen approved the purchase of the building adjacent to Simsbury High School on West Street and authorized a contract to be executed after a public hearing by the Board of Finance.
The transaction, discussed during the Simsbury Aging & Disability Commission meeting, is intended to house a district-run special-education pathways program for identified students who district staff say would benefit from being educated in-district rather than in outplacement programs. Diana (Board of Selectmen liaison) said the purchase is meant to “bring back in district” students already identified for this specific program when returning would be…
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