MADISON — The new elementary school, anticipated to open in 2025, is headed to a Planning & Zoning Commission public hearing Thursday, June 15.
The town seeks a special exception permit to construct the school and for site improvements.
The new $61 million, 87,000-square-foot school was approved by referendum Feb. 15, 2022 as part of an $89.2 million school renewal project.
The new school would replace J. Milton Jeffrey Elementary School, Ryerson Elementary School and the Town Campus Learning Center.
The district would be eligible for state reimbursement for up to up to 18.5 percent of the cost, school officials said early on in the process.
However, a town official warns that construction costs have gone up since the referendum.
“The challenge is, of course, that nobody could have predicted the escalation…
