Winchester Public Schools (Connecticut) Explained

Winchester Public Schools (WPS) is the school district for the town of Winchester, Connecticut. It includes Winsted.

The district serves elementary grades (K-6) while middle and high school students are sent to Gilbert School. The district previously served middle school grades. In 2011 Gilbert School agreed to take middle school students.^[1] The district no longer took middle school students effective 2011.^[2]

In 2017 Melony Brady-Shanley became the superintendent of the district.^[3]

By 2018 enrollment in the district had declined.^[4]

Schools

• Batcheller Early Learning Center a.k.a. Batcheller Elementary School (preschool-1st grade)
• Oak Street School (grades 2–3)
• Isabelle Pearson School (formerly Pearson Middle School) (grades 4–6)

Former schools:^[5]

• Mary P. Hinsdale School
  • The school was built in 1950. By 2017 its grade span was grades 2–4. By 2017 it had about 240 students. Hinsdale was scheduled to close in 2018. There were concerns over mold from warm weather and proximity to a river.^[4]
• Winchester Alternate High School

Further reading

• Web site: Olson. Emily M.. Winchester Board of Education, Gilbert school battle over contract. Register Citizen. 2020-11-20.
• Web site: Olson. Emily M.. Gilbert, Winchester school boards remain divided on contract. Register Citizen. 2020-11-18.

External links

• Winchester Public Schools

Notes and References

1. Web site: Agogliati. Mike. Winchester Board of Education has ball in their court to move 7th and 8th-graders to Gilbert. Register Citizen. 2011-02-18. 2021-05-19. - Older URL
2. Web site: History. Gilbert School. 2021-05-19.
3. Web site: Winchester schools announce hiring of new superintendent. The Register Citizen. 2017-05-25. 2021-05-19.
4. Web site: Event marking closure of Hinsdale School to be held Friday. Register Citizen. 2016-06-06. 2021-05-19. The Mary P. Hinsdale Elementary School community will gather Friday afternoon to commemorate the history of the school, ahead of its planned closure at the end of the school year.. - The U.S. school years end around the following May/June so it would be 2018.
5. Web site: Home. Winchester Public Schools. 2001-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20010202063300/https://www.winchesterschools.org/. 2021-05-19. 2001-02-02.