FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

SEN. KUSHNER, MAYOR ALVES WELCOME DANBURY HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE LAB UPDATES APPROVED AS A 2024 SCHOOL PROJECT PRIORITY

DANBURY – State Senator Julie Kushner (D-Danbury) and Mayor Roberto Alves today welcomed the news that a $16.5 million plan to update and reconfigure Danbury High’s School’s science labs has made the 2024 School Building Project Priority List and will now be reviewed by the legislature’s Education and Finance Committees for further consideration.

The Danbury High project was approved last week by the School Construction Project Priority List Review Committee. The project will update and reconfigure 28,400 square feet of science labs at Danbury High School on the 4th and 5th floors of the C Building. Other interior spaces will also be affected, including the associated prep rooms, work rooms, and storage areas for each lab, and modifications to classroom doors as needed to comply with building code requirements. All labs will receive new doors and equipment.

The project is expected to cost $16.5 million, of which the state is scheduled to cover 63.21%, or $10,429,650.

“Making it on to the 2024 priority list is the first step in a multi-step process to getting these upgrades over the finish line,” Sen. Kushner said. “I am committed to working with my colleagues on the Education and Finance Committees to ensuring that the students at Danbury High School will benefit from these science lab upgrades, even as we transition into the future to the Danbury Career Academy and the tens of millions of dollars in state support for that project as well. We’re certainly moving in a good direction.”

“I’m grateful to the School Construction Project Priority List Review Committee for choosing this important project at Danbury High School so we can fix and upgrade science labs that haven’t been operational for a long time, and I thank Senator Kushner and Danbury’s entire legislative delegation for their continued hard work, collaboration, and dedication to delivering for Danbury schools,” said Mayor Roberto Alves.

The 2024 legislative session begins February 7 and adjourns on May 8.

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