Elementary Facilities Plan
For the last several years, the Southington Board of Education (BOE) has been working on a Elementary Facilities Plan. If approved, these projects will impact the children who are currently not yet in elementary school and so the ECCS is helping to share information.
Hatton, Oshana, South End, Strong, and Thalberg schools have all seen major construction projects since 2002 (either major renovations or new construction). The goal of the Elementary Facilities Plan was to identify strategies to modernize the remaining elementary facilities while aligning recommendations with building capacity, projected enrollment, and financial feasibility. Several options were identified. The BoE is now working on Phase 3.
Status of project as of 3/12/2026
The BOE voted in May 2025 to rebuild Kelley and expand South End and in February 2026 to rebuild Derynoski and close Flanders.
The Town Council voted on 3/9/2026 to allow a public hearing on the project to be held on March 23, with a optional second session scheduled for April 6 or April 27 and referred the proposal to the Planning and Zoning Commission for comment.
To move the project forward beyond that, a vote will be needed by the Board of Finance and then vote by the Town Council to have a referendum. The referendum could possibly be as soon as June 2, 2026 in order to meet the June 30th deadline for a State school construction grant.
- Southington Public Schools has presentations, meeting videos, and a way for you to ask questions here.
- Read the Southington Outsider article about the proposal for the schools here.
- Read the Southington Outsider article about the February BOE meeting here.
- Read the Southington Outsider article about the March 11th Town Council meeting here.
