The Danbury Board of Ed has gotten an update on plans for the Danbury Career Academy.  Superintendent Kevin Walston says they've had several behind the scenes meeting since the announcement of the new proposed location at the Cartus building on the City's westside. 

He says this has created options for them to look at whether the academic focus will be changed and what opportunities should be maximized right now.  He notes that they have held talks with their architects, the City's Public Works Director and the Mayor about the plans.  Students will come out of 8th grade and all enter Danbury High School for grade 9 for a college and career exploration course, with additional opportunities with guidance counselors for planning. 

Assistant Superintendent for Teaching & Learning Dr. Kara Casimiro says they are making some small tweaks that were cost neutral.  The gym designed for the project when it was proposed at The Summit was not regulation sized.  Now it will be upgraded from a middle school sized gym so basketball games could be played there.  She notes that if the Danbury Career Academy becomes a second high school in the future, that old gym would have been an expensive project to fix. 

They're also now planning room for band and music down the road, again if in the future this becomes its own high school, there are spaces carved out within the existing footprint.