West Hartford Public Schools

West Hartford Public Schools provides education for West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

West Harford Public Schools
Location
West Hartford, Connecticut
Connecticut

United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPre K-12
SuperintendentTom Moore
Schools18[1]
Budget180,491,726[2]
Other information
Teachers' unionsAFT Connecticut
Connecticut Education Association

High schools

Middle schools

Elementary schools
  • Aiken
  • Braeburn
  • Bugbee
  • Charter Oak
  • Duffy
  • Morley
  • Norfeldt
  • Smith
  • Webster Hill
  • Whiting Lane
  • Wolcott

Controversies

Later high school start times

In November 2019 the board of education removed a plan to have to schools start at a later start time. The claim is that later start times for high school students is more beneficial for their mental and physical health. The cost of transportation would exceed 2 million dollars if high school and middle school started at 8:15.[3] The issue was brought up again at a board of education meeting in February 2020. At this meeting the West Hartford board of education supports a statewide move to require that students in grades 6-12 to begin academic classes no earlier than 8:30 a.m. so they can arrive at school “healthy, awake, alert, and ready to learn.”[4]

References
  1. "WHPS Schools". Retrieved 2020-12-12.
  2. "2020-2021 Budget". WHPS. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  3. "West Hartford Board of Education Will Not Consider School Start Time Change". we-ha.com. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  4. "West Hartford Board of Education Considering Resolution on School Start Times". we-ha.com. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
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