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Norwich Free Academy announced Monday that Nathan Quesnel, currently the superintendent for East Hartford, will take over for Brian Kelly in July.

Norwich ― Norwich Free Academy continued its leadership transition Thursday, appointing new chairs to the Board of Trustees on the education side and to the NFA Foundation fundraising endowment arm o...

Norwich ―Norwich Free Academy announced Monday that its Board of Trustees has appointed Nathan Quesnel, the current superintendent of schools in East Hartford, as its next head of school. Quesnel wil...

Norwich ― Norwich Free Academy and the academy’s teachers’ union have agreed on a new three-year contract starting in July 2023 with raises of about 4% per year. The Norwich Free Academy Board of Tru...

Norwich ― The Norwich Free Academy Board of Trustees will spend this fall interviewing finalist candidates, with a plan to name a successor to current Head of School Brian Kelly by December. Kelly an...

NFA Head of School Brian Kelly will not seek renewal of his three-year contract in July 2023.

Norwich — The newly approved 2021-22 Norwich Free Academy calendar will change the second Monday in October from Columbus Day to Indigenous People Day. The board of trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the calendar with the change, with board Chairman DeVol Joyner thanking Head of School Brian Kelly for the proposed change. The Norwich Board of Education made the same change earlier this month. Kelly said Thursday the change was not politically motivated, adding that NFA has an obl...

Norwich — Norwich Free Academy will undergo a major restructuring with staff cuts, redefined positions and operations changes in the 2021-22 school year based on sharply declining enrollment, uncertainty in international students and continuing costs of COVID-19 protections. But while the overall operating budget of $34.6 million — approved by the schools board of trustees Tuesday — will decrease by $3.2 million, or 8.46%, from this year’s $37.8 million total, tuition for the eight ...