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Shelton BOE to pay 20-21 magnet school tuition tab to Bridgeport
Brian Gioiele
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Exterior view of the Board of Education offices in Shelton, Conn. Nov. 5, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
SHELTON The city’s Board of Education has agreed on a first payment for Shelton students being educated at Bridgeport’s magnet schools.
The board, in a special meeting last week, agreed to pay $150,000 to the Bridgeport Board of Education for the present year’s tuition bill for city students attending the Fairfield Wheeler Magnet School and Discovery Magnet School.
According to the billing invoice, 26 city students attended Discovery Magnet this past year. In all, there are 50 students 15 in aerospace engineering, 20 in information technology and 15 in biotechnology/zoology at Fairchild Wheeler.