NORTH HAVEN — With four public elementary schools in North Haven due for an upgrade, building planning experts and engineers have recommended a scenario that would include rebuilding them all. At the Board of Education’s recent meeting, officials from MP Planning Group and Colliers Project Leaders, a construction project firm, said the best way to modernize all four elementary schools would be by rebuilding them, starting with Ridge Road Elementary and Montowese Elementary. Then, Green Acres Elementary and Clintonville Elementary would follow. “I just think it’s important for everyone to know that the new construction is necessary at this point. … These schools are falling apart, and they really need to be addressed,” Mike Zuba from MP Planning Group said at the Dec. 11 meeting. School board Chair Ronald Bathrick brought up the idea of upgrading the town’s elementary schools in October, saying that financially, rebuilding would make more sense than renovating due to the state’s reimbursement rate. According the Connecticut Department of Administrative Service’s updated reimbursement rates, North Haven’s new construction reimbursement rate went up from 27.5% in 2025 to 31.3% in 2026.
North Haven could have four new elementary school buildings by 2033, experts say
