Enfield school building committee to hear grant update tonight ahead of referendum

ENFIELD - An Enfield committee preparing for a school building referendum will hear an update on a grant application tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 28, according to a meeting agenda the town posted.

The Pre-K-5 and Eagle Academy Pre-Referendum Building Committee meets in special session at 6 p.m. in the Scitico Room at Enfield Town Hall, 820 Enfield St. The town's meeting calendar lists the committee as covering the PK-5 elementary schools and the Eagle Academy therapeutic day school.

The architect is scheduled to update members on additional material requested for the grant application and on revised authorizations to submit the Eagle Academy grant. Members will also review feedback from the committee's fourth community conversation, outstanding invoices and next steps, which the agenda lists as referendum items, submission of a certified vote, grant approvals and a design and construction schedule.

The agenda includes an executive session but does not state its purpose. Voters decide the project Nov. 3: the town's election notice asks whether to spend $511 million on four new elementary schools and the Eagle Academy conversion, with town borrowing capped at $89 million. Read our earlier story.

Source: Town of Enfield, Oct. 28, 2026 Pre-K-5 and Eagle Academy Pre-Referendum Building Committee special meeting agenda (PDF), on the town's CivicClerk meeting portal; Town of Enfield, Notice of November 3, 2026, State Election.

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