forced regionalization

Conspicuously absent from Gov. Ned Lamont’s bill creating a commission to study and make recommendations for school regionalization is any consideration of school performance. The proposed Commission on Shared School Services – made up of appointees and unelected government officials — would consider enrollment data, transportation costs, school building size, ...

Lawmakers addressed the elephant in the room during a standing-room only meeting of Connecticut’s Education Committee to consider bill concepts, including regionalization of education services. The subject on everyone’s mind was a bill proposal introduced by Sen. Martin Looney, D-New Haven, which would force schools in towns with less than ...