State hits pause button on Colchester magnet school, residents raise concerns

State hits pause button on Colchester magnet school, residents raise concerns

The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) has paused plans for a new magnet school in Colchester called the Hayward Public Service Academy after the Colchester Board of Education put off approval of the magnet school plan “until mid-January” to address community concerns – namely that the magnet school plan had been sprung on them with little community knowledge or input.The delay, however, meant the CSDE could not advertise or begin …