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The Connecticut DOE is now investigating whether Killingly violated the “educational interest of the state" by rejecting a proposal for a mental health center.
The state of Connecticut is now involved after this small northeastern town said no to a fully-funded, school-based mental health center.
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Janice Joly, chair of the Killingly Board of Education, resigned on Friday, the district’s superintendent confirmed. Joly and the voting majority of the Killingly school board have been criticized within the community in recent weeks for voting to reject a proposal to create a school-based mental health center.
A group of more than 50 Killingly parents and residents are asking the state Department of Education to investigate the town’s school board after the body rejected a plan that would have created a mental health center at the high school amid an increase in related challenges among students.
The chief danger from Friday's winter storm, according to the National Weather Service, is ice on roads.