Education
Southwick has four schools that serve the towns of Southwick, Granville and Tolland, all headed by Superintendent John D. Barry, Ed.D. The Southwick-Tolland Early Childhood Center serves Southwick and Tolland's preschoolers. The Woodland Elementary School serves Southwick and Tolland's kindergarten through fourth grade students. The Powder Mill Middle School serves Southwick and Tolland's fifth through eight graders. The Southwick-Tolland Regional High School serves Southwick, Tolland, and Granville's ninth through twelfth graders. In late 2011, the towns of Southwick, Granville and Tolland voted to admit Granville into the Southwick Tolland Regional School District. A vote in May 2012 in Southwick approved a $62M school renovation and construction project that is slated to begin in 2013.
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