The Select Board, Finance Committee and School Committee each voted this week to not move forward with exploring additional options for consolidating Wilmington’s schools into fewer buildings.
Town officials expressed mixed reactions to a proposal to add additional grade configuration and building options to the plan to consolidate Wilmington’s schools into fewer buildings.
WILMINGTON School officials expressed concern over what they said was a rise in chronic absenteeism among students that has seemingly worsened since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WILMINGTON Superintendent of Schools Glenn Brand told residents at the April 29 Town Meeting that Wilmington Public Schools should consider “consolidation” of its schools as he laid out the interim plan for housing Wildwood Early Childhood Center students and staff.