WARNING
REFERENDUM VOTE
Regional School District No. 13
Town of Middlefield
August 27, 2024
A referendum vote of the electors of the Town of Middlefield, Connecticut will be held in the Town of Middlefield at the following place:
Middlefield Community Center
405 Main Street
Middlefield, Connecticut 06455
and simultaneously in Durham, Connecticut on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. pursuant to Section 10-47c of the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut, as amended, upon a resolution adopted by the Regional School District No. 13 Board of Education at a meeting held on July 24, 2024.
The resolution will be placed on the ballot labels as the following question:
“SHALL THE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 13 PLAN OF REGIONALIZATION BE AMENDED TO AUTHORIZE THE REGION 13 BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT A THREE-SCHOOL MODEL WITH PRE-K-GRADE 5 AT MEMORIAL SCHOOL IN MIDDLEFIELD, GRADES 6-8 AT STRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL IN DURHAM AND GRADES 9-12 AT COGINCHAUG REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN DURHAM AND TO CLOSE FREDERICK F. BREWSTER SCHOOL IN DURHAM AND JOHN LYMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MIDDLEFIELD UPON THE TRANSITION TO THE THREE-SCHOOL MODEL?”
YES NO
Voters approving the resolution shall vote “Yes” and those opposing the resolution shall vote “No”.
A copy of the full text of the amendment to the District’s Plan of Regionalization is on file and available for public inspection at the Town Clerk’s Office. Absentee ballots will be available from the Town Clerk’s office.
View the full Explanatory Text for the Amendment to the Plan of Regionalization (PDF)
Dated in Middlefield, Connecticut this 14th day of August, 2024.
Tonya Hogan
Middlefield Town Clerk