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Policy committee amends Stratford school attendance areas tied to redistricting and forwards change to full board
Summary
The committee unanimously amended the district’s school attendance policy to align with recent redistricting and forwarded the revised draft with a favorable recommendation to the full Stratford School District board. The update narrows waivers, preserves limited superintendent administrative placement authority, and sets the changes to begin with the 2025–26 school year.
Bill O’Brien, chairman of the Policy Review Committee, opened the Jan. 15 meeting and introduced Heather Wright to present a revised school attendance policy tied to recently passed redistricting.
Heather Wright told the committee the draft they received “updates the school attendance policy” to align attendance boundaries with the redistricting plan and removes broad choice waivers that the district had previously seen in large numbers. She said the revised language “eliminates school waivers of choice” while retaining the superintendent’s ability to make…
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