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Avon Board of Education Representatives Voice Support for CREC School

While the Avon Board of Education has not officially talked about the Capitol Region Education Council's proposal to relocate its Avon Reggio Magnet School of the Arts to Waterville Road, Board Chairperson Peggy Roell and board member Barbara Zuras have voiced their support.

"I think it's a great benefit, assuming it's built here," Roell said. "Some of our kids will be able to take advantage of its programs and facilities."

In order to expand its current 245-student school from pre-kindergarten through second grade to fifth grade, the education council needs to build a larger school. The education council signed a purchase-sale agreement with Dr. Roy Beebe, the previous owner of the property on 59 Waterville Rd., to buy between 8 and 9 acres of the land for $1.86 million total. The site is adjacent to Avon Cider Mill and the former Le Jardin building, both of which Beebe still owns. 

Most of the students attending the school are from Avon, Canton, Farmington, Hartford, Simsbury and West Hartford. 

The cost of the magnet school to Avon will not change, no matter where it is built, Roell said, because the Avon Board of Education reimburses the education council anyways for any Avon students attending. There were 28 students from Avon, this year, which amounted to  $104,720, or $3,740 per student . The tuition cost to a district changes yearly, depending on how big of a grant the state gives the education council.

On the other hand, Roell said, "there are potentially some savings because these 28 students are not in Avon schools."

The education council received $10,443 in state funding per student for the 2010-2011 school year. Avon is not responsible for building or transportation costs, Roell said.

Similarly, the Avon school board receives reimbursement for Project Choice students from Hartford that attend Avon schools, which helps pay for out-of-district tuition costs for students attending magnet schools elsewhere. This year, 16 Avon students went to the University of Hartford magnet school , which is also a Capitol Region Education Council school.

Roell said that she has heard from education council Executive Director Bruce E. Douglas and Reggio General Director Denise Galucci that there will be after school programs  and "sister school" opportunities and classes open to Avon public school students.

Zuras also pointed out that the magnet school would have more fields and basketball courts accessible to Avon residents.

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