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Cheshire Board advances survey on redistricting plan; superintendent proposes priority 'legacy' waivers for Chapman families
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Solon presented a redistricting review and recommended a B2 scenario with priority (legacy) waivers for affected Chapman and Moss Farms families; the board directed staff to survey impacted households about waivers and transportation and aims to review survey results at a special meeting in mid‑December or January.
Superintendent Jeff Solon urged the Cheshire Board of Education to approve outreach to impacted families after presenting a revised elementary redistricting plan that would close Chapman and rebalance enrollments among Barnum, Highland and Norton.
Solon outlined a revised scenario labeled B2 and a two-stage priority-waiver process that would give current Chapman students and a small group of Moss Farms families first opportunity to request a waiver to remain or return to their preferred school. He said the district would first solicit interest, then ask families to confirm commitments in a second survey phase, with a target of resolving…
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