Community pushback derails new CT magnet school. Town faces new deadline amid objections.

Community pushback derails new CT magnet school. Town faces new deadline amid objections.

After community pushback derailed plans to start a magnet school in Colchester next fall, educators want to present the idea again before a March 31 deadline for state funding. Residents earlier this winter balked after news circulated that the town was planning to open a public safety magnet school drawing students from Hartford and other communities. The state education department had approved funding to construct a small addition at Bacon Aca…