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Volume 12, Number 40
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Cheshire Academy to reduce tuition
Guided hike set for Oct. 17 By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
The Coalition for a Sustainable Cheshire will host a hike on Prospect Ridge Sunday, Oct. 17, with Scott Ellis, Connecticut Forest and Park volunteer trail manager. Starting from the Prospect side of Cornwall Avenue, hikers will trek from the water towers at the trailhead to Roaring Brook Falls. After descending to the base, hikers will take shuttle vehicles back to the starting point. The Prospect Ridge trail, technically known as the Quinnipiac Trail, offers a different experience in every season, Ellis said. “In the spring and summer, you experience lush deciduous and conifer trees, streams, and valleys, all of which allows you to feel removed from See Hike, A2
Cheshire Academy is lowering its tuition, with day student rates reduced by nearly a third. According to a Sept. 28 press release, Cheshire Academy will become the state’s first independent school to lower tuition for all students, starting with the 2022-2023 academic year. Senior Clerk Sandy Lazor readies absentee ballots for mailing at Wallingford Town Hall Sept. 29. Municipal clerks started mailing absentee ballots Friday for the upcoming local election to all voters who have requested them so far. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Absentee voting has begun Absentee ballots are available for voters who won’t be able to vote in person, whether the absence is due to the voter being out of town, ill or disabled. Like last year’s election, COVID-19 is a valid reason for requesting an absentee ballot. Applications are available on the Secretary of the State’s website and from municipal clerks’ offices, and can be submitted in person, through the mail or in an election materials dropbox. Completed absentee ballots received after election day are not counted. Ballots must be received by the municipal clerk by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
Roaring Brook Falls, the highest single-drop waterfall in Connecticut.
Voters can apply for an absentee ballot up to and including the day before the election.
“We are lowering our tuition to make Cheshire Academy accessible and affordable to more families. We are not — nor have we ever been — a school solely for the financial elite,” Head of School Julie Anderson said. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and postgraduate studies. Anderson said the school wants to foster a student body “that more accurately reflects the socioeconomic diversity students will encounter in college, in their communities, and in their workplaces.” Day tuition will be reduced from $42,320 to $29,850.
Boxes of absentee ballots are seen here Sept. 29 at Wallingford Town Hall. Municipal clerks started mailing absentee ballots Friday for the Nov. 2 election. Ballots must be received by the municipal clerk by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
Voters also can request an absentee ballot and fill it in at the counter in the town clerk’s office, up to and including the day before the election. Voters who request and receive an absentee ballot
are able to change their minds and vote in person. If a person tries to vote at the polls and by absentee ballot, that voter’s absentee ballot is nullified. — Record-Journal report
The school’s announcement stated that this reduction is to make tuition better aligned with the income levels of more families in the region. Seven-day boarding tuition will be reduced by 10 percent, from $63,600 to $57,250. Five-day boarding tuition will be slightly discounted to $55,250. The international boarding student fee will be adjusted to See Tuition, A2