HARTFORD — Six school renovation projects are on hold as Mayor Arunan Arulampalam works with state and local officials on the future of the Hartford school district. “We had made a decision to pause our school construction while we are coming up with a plan,” Arulampalam told CT Insider. “We’ve got six projects that are approved that we haven’t begun yet.” The projects on hold in Hartford involve Moylan Elementary, Parkville Community, McDonough Middle, SAND, Maria C. Colón Sánchez Elementary and Batchelder schools. The school projects are still in the design phase, Arulampalam said, but they chose to pause work until a long-term plan is in place to avoid potential repayments to the the state if the buildings are not used in the plan. “If we were to start construction, we’d have to be 100% sure that the six schools are going to be used down the road,” he said.
Hartford puts six school renovation projects on hold amid long-term planning over district’s future
