Schools

Groton 2020 Advisory Committee Holds First Meeting

The Groton 2020 Advisory Committee held its first meeting to address comments and concerns regarding a new middle school being constructed.

GROTON, CT — The first Groton 2020 Advisory Committee meeting, made up of approximately 30 teachers, parents and school staff, took place Wednesday, the New London Day reported. The group discussed what they think will and will not work in regards to a new middle school being constructed.

The new middle school will consolidate the West Side and Cutler middle schools and is slated to open in 2020 next to Fitch High School, according to the New London Day. School officials said they would meet with the architect for the project this week to finalize the pre-design stage.

The current timeline for the project estimates the construction period to run from February 2019 to August 2020, the New London Day reported. The committee also discussed at length the use of a planned 150-seat black box theater in the middle school.

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