Voters widely rejected a $47 million plan to renovate the outdated Sherman School, leaving the town with few options to save the pre-K-8 building. The town must now consider alternatives that include building a new school, eliminating its middle school program or closing its only public school, the Board of Education chairman said. Sherman would be the only town in the Connecticut without a school, state education department officials have said. At Saturday’s referendum, residents voted 914-509 against repairing the school. The town, which has about 3,500 residents, would have sought a state grant to cover $11 million of the cost. If the school were to close entirely, pre-K-8 students would be sent to neighboring school districts, just like Sherman’s high-school age students. That idea faced backlash from parents when it was discussed last year.
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