Tag: Region 16
School board reinstates readiness program
PROSPECT — After listening to the concerns of parents, the Region 16 Board of Education restored the kindergarten readiness program for the coming school...
School board supports tearing down Algonquin
BEACON FALLS — The Region 16 Board of Education has backed a plan to demolish Algonquin School in Prospect to make way for a...
Parents ask school board to reinstate readiness program
BEACON FALLS — A couple of weeks after voting to eliminate the kindergarten readiness program, a handful of parents asked the Region 16 Board...
Building committee looking to level Algonquin
BEACON FALLS — A new Region 16 district office may yet be built on the Algonquin School property in Prospect — just without using...
Region 16 business manager to resign
PROSPECT — Region 16 Business Manager Hugh Potter will be leaving the job this summer.
Potter, who has been the business manager in the school...
School board eliminates readiness program
REGION 16 — The Region 16 Board of Education has done away with the kindergarten readiness program for next school year.
The program was for...
NCLB waiver clears path for education reform
A waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind act has opened the door for the state to move forward with an education reform...
Alternative plan sought for new district office
PROSPECT — The growing cost associated with turning Algonquin School in Prospect into Region 16’s district office has the building committee in charge of...
No explanation for spike in scores
Teachers receive testing training
PROSPECT —A spike in reading assessment scores remains unexplained as school officials have decided to drop a review of the scores...
Voters OK $37.3 million Region 16 budget
BEACON FALLS — The support of Prospect voters carried Region 16’s $37.3 million budget for the 2012-13 school year to approval Monday night.
A total...