Windsor Locks school board to vote Oct. 22 on RISE Transition Academy calendar change
WINDSOR LOCKS - The Windsor Locks Board of Education will vote Thursday, Oct. 22, on a request to give RISE Transition Academy regular school days on Oct. 29 and April 29, 2027, instead of delayed openings for morning conferences, according to the meeting packet posted on the district's website. The board meets at 6 p.m. in the Windsor Locks High School Library Media Center; the agenda also offers Zoom registration.
The packet notes that Tuesday, Nov. 3, is a districtwide professional development day. The district's 2026-27 calendar lists that day, Election Day, as staff training with no school for students.
Board members will also get a first read of a job description for special education teachers who serve as case managers. A memo on the planned Community Wellness and Athletic Complex says an Oct. 15 planning meeting focused mostly on new bleacher rules and the required number of bathrooms. The next planning meeting is Nov. 5.
Before the board meeting, its curriculum subcommittee meets from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. at the Central Office to discuss Seal of Biliteracy results, grades 6-12 social studies, a math and English pilot and fall benchmark tests, its agenda shows.
Source: Windsor Locks Board of Education, Oct. 22, 2026 regular meeting packet (https://www.wlps.org/fs/resource-manager/view/bd8b16e3-a001-410b-a712-d90eb2c6c327) and curriculum subcommittee agenda (https://www.wlps.org/fs/resource-manager/view/14867967-a616-45d2-a221-b4fd1bd9afc8), from the board's agendas and minutes page (https://www.wlps.org/board-of-ed/meeting-agendas-minutes-and-recordings); Windsor Locks Public Schools 2026-27 school calendar (https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1788526411/wlpsorg/ztx2sugr1tyzdeemwbez/2026-2027SchoolCalendar_Approved10_23_25.pdf)
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