MPS Celebrates Ceremonial Opening of Neck River Elementary School
Madison, CT – On August 19, Madison officials gathered for the official ribbon cutting of Neck River Elementary School. Located on Mungertown Road, the PreK-5 school will house over 640 students and open for the start of the 2025-2026 school year.
Representatives from Madison Public Schools, the Town of Madison, the Board of Education, the Board of Selectmen, the Board of Finance, the New Elementary School Building Committee, State Representative John-Michael Parker (D-101), State Senator Christine Cohen (D-12), Colliers International, Gilbane, Inc., and Tecton Architects attended the event.
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Craig Cooke thanked the teams of people who worked on the project.
“We are excited to open up the doors of the first new school in Madison in over 20 years,” he said. “This beautiful school reflects the town's commitment to ensuring that Madison students have modern, dynamic, comfortable learning spaces."
Madison Board of Education Chair Seth Klaskin said this building helps fulfill a promise to the community to invest in the school facilities.
“At the end of the day, this project says, ‘We care’. We care about our students, our educators, and our community’s future…To my fellow taxpayers and voters—thank you for sharing in the vision and making it real. I am immensely proud and deeply humbled to have played a role in this progress for our town."
The building project was completed on time and under budget.
About the project:
The Neck River Elementary School project broke ground in the spring of 2024 and reached substantial completion in June 2025. The new school is part of the larger Madison Schools Renewal Plan that was approved by the voters in February 2022. The plan includes the construction of a new PreK-5 building, transforming Brown School into a PreK-5 school, and significant renovations at Polson including a new HVAC system. The plan results in the closure of two of our oldest school buildings - Jeffrey and Ryerson elementary schools - as well as the Town Campus Learning Center Preschool (TCLC), contracting the district down to four buildings.
