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Danbury Board of Ed signs off Brookfield school lease, 8-period day at DHS

The Danbury Board of Education is signed off on a reopening plan for the 2021-22 school year this fall.  The plan includes a proposed $5.98 million lease of St Joseph Catholic Academy building in Brookfield. 

The district would purchase additional furniture and hire 37 employees.  About 240 kindergarteners from the City's three elementary schools would be bused to the neighboring town. 

Part of the plan to reopen full time also includes moving high school students to an eight-period day to reduce class sizes.  Heated tents would be purchased and set up in order to extend the DHS cafeteria, and potentially Broadview Middle School's cafeteria.

The district is exploring how to use distance learning technology, possibly in the form of virtual after-school programs or in lieu of snow days. Superintendent Sal Pascarella says the state has yet to weigh in on whether that later option would be allowed.

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