West Hartford Public Schools provides
education
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West Hartford
West Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, west of downtown Hartford. The population was 64,083 at the 2020 census.
The town's popular downtown area is colloquially known as "West Hartford Center," or simply "The C ...
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Hartford County
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Connecticut
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United States
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High schools
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Conard High School
Frederick U. Conard High School is a public high school in West Hartford, in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It opened in 1957, and was named after Frederick Underwood Conard, president of Niles-Bement-Pond Company and chairman of the local Board o ...
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Hall High School
Middle schools
* Bristow Middle School
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King Philip Middle School
King Philip Middle School is a middle school in the town of West Hartford, Connecticut. It is one of the West Hartford Public Schools as well as one of three public middle schools in the town of West Hartford. The school is beginning to move som ...
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Sedgwick Middle School
Sedgwick Middle School is public a middle school, located in the town of West Hartford, Connecticut, and is part of West Hartford Public Schools.
History
Feeder schools for Sedgwick include Braeburn, Duffy, Charter Oak, Webster Hill and Wolcot ...
Students are assigned based on the location of their residence to either King Phillip or Sedgwick Middle School. Matriculation to Bristow is based on a lottery. Bristow is the smallest of the three middle schools.
Elementary schools
* Aiken
* Braeburn
* Bugbee
* Charter Oak
* Duffy
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Morley Morley may refer to:
Places England
* Morley, Norfolk, a civil parish
* Morley, Derbyshire, a civil parish
* Morley, Cheshire, a village
* Morley, County Durham, a village
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* Norfeldt
* Smith
* Webster Hill
* Whiting Lane
* Wolcott
Budget
2021
In March 2021, superintendent Tom Moore proposed a $176.3 million budget for the 2021-2022 academic year, an increase of 2.28% or $3.93 million. Increases in the budget are a result of salary increases, student outplacement, and transportation for additional busses for special education needs.
Demographics
As of October 1, 2018, the student population was 0.1% American Indian, 10.9% Asian, 8.1% Black, 19.4% Hispanic (of any race), 0.1% Native Hawaiian, 56.5% White, or 4.9% two or more races.
Controversies
High School Mascots and Nicknames
In 2015, the Board of Education voted to allow Conard and Hall high schools to keep their nicknames, Chieftain and Warrior, respectively, "provided all Native American imagery, including mascots, were eliminated."
In 2022, the Board voted to end the use of the nicknames. A new state law would have cut some education funding if "an intramural or interscholastic athletic team associated with such school, uses any name, symbol or image that depicts, refers to or is associated with a state or federally recognized Native American tribe or a Native American individual, custom or tradition, as a mascot, nickname, logo or team name.”
The schools will choose new nicknames.
Later high school start times
In November 2019 the board of education removed a plan to have to schools start at a later start time. The claim is that later start times for high school students is more beneficial for their mental and physical health. The cost of transportation would exceed $2 million if high school and middle school started at 8:15. The issue was brought up again at a board of education meeting in February 2020. At this meeting the West Hartford board of education supports a statewide move to require that students in grades 6-12 to begin academic classes no earlier than 8:30 a.m. so they can arrive at school “healthy, awake, alert, and ready to learn.”
Superintendents
* Tom Moore, 2014-2022. Moore was named the 2022 Superintendent of the Year by the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents.
* Dr. Karen List, 2009-2014
* Dr. David P. Sklarz, 1995-2009
References
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External links
Official website
West Hartford, Connecticut
Education in Hartford County, Connecticut
School districts in Connecticut