The Wallingford Board of Education voted to move $5,000–$10,000 from transportation excess funds to pay for a transportation study for a viable site for a proposed single high school.

Board members said the study is one of the outstanding steps requested by town councilors and is also a requirement of the state before the district can make a full project submittal. After a post‑executive‑session discussion in which the board said it was made aware of the site location (and emphasized that the site details will remain confidential because it is a real‑estate matter), a motion to transfer the funds was made and carried by voice vote.

“So with that being said, I would like to make a motion that the board agree to move some of our transportation excess funds for the purpose of a transportation study to our viable site,” a board member said during the meeting. Board members discussed a cost estimate range; the board noted a guesstimate that the study will cost between $5,000 and $10,000.

The board did not disclose the site publicly at the meeting, saying the matter was discussed in executive session and will remain confidential for the town’s protection. The next procedural step described on the record was the transfer of funds and commissioning of the transportation study; the board indicated it will use the study as part of its further consultations with town officials and state reviewers before returning to the town council.

No roll‑call tally was recorded in the public minutes; the transcript documents a voice vote and the chair’s statement that the motion carried.