FPS Elementary Enrollment
AD Hoc Committee

Committee Overview

The Farmington Board of Education is establishing an Elementary Ad Hoc Committee to review enrollment projections, assess overall utilization of the elementary school facilities and to identify options that the district can implement to balance enrollment across facilities.

Committee Charge

The work of the Elementary Ad Hoc will begin in March 2023, and recommendations will be brought forward to the Board by December 15, 2023. The purpose of the Elementary Ad Hoc Committee is to review enrollment projections, assess overall utilization of the elementary school facilities and to identify options that the district can implement to balance enrollment across facilities. The committee's goal will be to advise the Board of Education with recommendations to assist with balancing enrollment across facilities.

Therefore, the Board of Education charges the FPS Elementary Enrollment Ad Hoc to engage in a study of:

• Elementary (K-4) enrollment and projections (CES/SLAM will consult)

• Neighborhood districts 

• School capacities and utilization by school

• Projected shifts in housing that would impact enrollment

• Other relevant information including state laws, history of district lines, and previous studies of enrollment in Farmington

At the conclusion of this study, the Ad Hoc Committee will provide up to three options with considerations for the Board by December 15, 2023 to address elementary enrollment and facility capacity and utilization K-4.

Elementary Enrollment Ad Hoc Membership

Board of Education Liaisons: 

• Bill Beckert, Farmington Board of Education

• Sarah Healey, Farmington Board of Education (Past Member-March 2022-December, 2023)

Farmington Public Schools Representatives:

• Carolyn Fink, West District School Principal

• Scott Hurwitz, Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations

• Sam Kilpatrick, Director of Facilities

• Laurie Singer, Director of Special Services (Past Member-March 2023-June, 2023)

• Seamus Cullinan, Director of Special Services (New Member-July, 2023-Present)

Town of Farmington Representative:

• Shannon Rutherford, Town Planner

Community Representatives:

• Sarah Burns, East Farms Elementary School Representative

• Tracy Smith, East Farms Elementary School Representative

• Jigesh Shah, Noah Wallace Elementary School Representative

• Kristin Perra, West District Elementary School Representative

• Diana Masulli, Union Elementary School Representative

• Heather Perin, Community Representative

Ex-Officio Members:

• Kathleen Greider, Superintendent of Schools

• Liz Fitzsimmons, Board of Education Chair (Past Member-March 2022-December, 2023)