BDL Towns - Windsor

Contact Information | Type of Government | School Information | Major EmployersChamber of Commerce | Tourism

 


Town of Windsor
275 Broad Street
Windsor, CT  06095
(860) 285-1877
www.townofwindsorct.com


 

 

Contact Information for Key Departments
Town Manager, Peter Souza - 860-285-1800 - souza@townofwindsorct.com
Assessor, Steve Kosofsky - 860-285-1819 - kosofsky@townofwindsorct.com
Town Planner, Eric Barz - 860-285-1981 - barz@townofwindsorct.com
Building Official, Wayne McKinney - 860-285-1961 - mckinney@townofwindsorct.com
Economic Development, Jim Burke - 860-285-1877 - burke@townofwindsorct.com
Tax Collector, Corinne Aldinger - 860-285-1811 - aldinger@townofwindsorct.com
Town Clerk, Agnes Pier - 860-285-1905 - pier@townofwindsorct.com

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Type of Government
Council - Manager - Town Meeting

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School Information

Public Schools
There are seven public schools in Windsor serving 4,566 students from kindergarten to grade 12. The school district includes one early childhood center, four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school.  Windsor Public Schools website can be found at www.windsorct.org .

Windsor High School is a comprehensive secondary school. Courses are offered at the following levels of instruction: high honors (including courses in the advanced placement program and seminar program for the academically gifted), honors, standard and basic. Programs in tech prep, agriscience, UCONN coop, performing arts, and math and science are also supported.

Sage Park Middle School utilizes a team approach with all of a student's "team" subjects being with the same group of teachers. Groupings in all academic subjects, with the exception of math, are heterogeneous.

Windsor elementary schools have grades 1-5. These schools generally maintain the neighborhood concept. Core curriculum is enhanced by programs in visual arts, music and physical education.

Roger Wolcott Early Childhood Center is home to all kindergarten classes and preschool and early learning programs for children with special needs. In addition to the half day program there is a full day program for five classes.

Windsor students may also enroll in several interdistrict magnet schools located in nearby communities, including: Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science, and Metropolitan Learning Center, an international global studies magnet school with an intensive world language and technology component.

Private Schools
Windsor is home to the Loomis Chaffee School, a coeducational college-preparatory boarding and day school with a total enrollment of 720 students in grades 9-12.   Information about Loomis may be found at  www.loomischaffee.org.

There are also four private religious schools that offer K-6, K-8, or K-12 programs.

Preschool and Montessori
Windsor has five private preschool programs in addition to the Town's own preschool programs and Montessori School. The Town also provides a unique school readiness program called Start Smart through which free home visits by a parent educator are available for parents and guardians of children ages birth to kindergarten. 

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Major Employers
all located in Windsor, CT 06095

Alstom USA - 2000 Day Hill Road
UTC/Pratt Whitney - 1101 Kennedy Road
Aetna - 575 Pigeon Hill Road
Stanadyne - 92 Deerfield Road
The Hartford - 200 Great Pond Road
American Airlines - 415 Day Hill Road
ADVO - 1 Univac Lane
Westinghouse Electric - 20 International Drive
Konica Minolta - 500 Day Hill Road
Fleet/Boston Financial - 575 Pigeon Hill Road

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Chamber of Commerce

Windsor Chamber of Commerce
261 Broad Street
860-688-5165
www.windsorcc.org

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Tourism Connections
Connecticut's Heritage River Valley
Central Regional Tourism District, Inc.
1-800-793-4480
www.enjoycentralct.com

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