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Superintendent outlines pilot alternative high-school program; access-road cost jumps and several grants approved
Summary
Superintendent Susan Nash briefed the Killingly board on a pilot alternative high-school program aimed at 16–18-year-old students, and warned that a redesigned access-road plan to avoid wetlands raised phase-one costs from $856,000 to $1.7 million. The board also approved Title I–IV and mental-health grant submissions unanimously.
Superintendent Susan Nash updated the board on several operational items on Oct. 8, including a pilot alternative high-school program and a revised access-road plan whose first-phase costs doubled under a new design to avoid wetland impacts.
Nash described the pilot alternative program as budget-neutral due to Adult Education Grant support; it targets students roughly 16–18 years old who are over-age and under-credited. The district initially reached out to a few families and enrolled six students so far, with a goal of expanding to 10 by the end of the school year. The program emphasizes personalized pathways, internships and work-study to help students meet graduation requirements; administration is meeting weekly with teachers to monitor progress.
On facilities, Nash said planners developed an alternative access-road plan that eliminates wetland impacts by adding two retaining walls, but the construction quote for that design increased the first-phase cost from the $856,000 originally appropriated to $1.7 million. Nash advised against expending the district’s full non-lapsing fund on phase one and said she and Mike Vassar will present alternatives to the Town Council, including a lower-impact option estimated to save roughly $1 million on phase one.
The board also approved grant submissions: Title I (moved by Kyle Napierata), Title II, Title III, Title IV, Mental Health Services Professional (MHSP), and School-Based Mental Health (SBMH); motions were recorded as unanimous.
