ENFIELD — The Board of Education voted to approve the educational specifications for the PK-5 Master Plan for the Enfield Public Schools, advancing a proposal to consolidate the district into four elementary schools and to renovate Eagle Academy. The plan calls for building four new PreK-5 schools on the sites of Hazardville Memorial, Prudence Crandall, Henry Barnard and Edgar H. Parkman, as well as relocating and renovating Eagle Academy to Enfield Street School, which serves students with specialized academic and therapeutic needs. Pre-K programming would be included at each of the new elementary schools and moved from the Stowe Early Learning Center. The Enfield school board approved the plan Wednesday, and the district is expected to present it to the Town Council on April 20. There is also potential for adaptive reuse of several buildings, including the Stowe Early Learning Center, the Eagle Academy building, Enfield Street School and the Alcorn campus, officials said. Some facilities would no longer fall under the Board of Education, and the town would determine their future use, Superintendent Steven Moccio said. The proposal is driven by aging facilities, evolving educational demands and increasing enrollment, district officials say. School board Chair Amanda Pickett said the district cannot do temporary fixes on the old buildings. “I know this might seem like a high cost to some,” Pickett said. “But the reality is we are in a place with our schools that something needs to be done.”
Enfield board advances plan that calls for building four new PreK-5 schools
