Instructional committee advances Veterinary Science 4 to full board as dual-enrollment course

The Wallingford Board of Education Instructional Committee on Jan. 6 advanced a proposal to convert Veterinary Science 4 from a CCP 1 class to a dual-enrollment course with Middlesex Community College, with college-credit eligibility scheduled to begin in fall 2025.

The committee heard from Mrs. Latour, who presented the course modification and said Year 3 of the Veterinary Science sequence is already a dual-enrollment class with Middlesex Community College and that the teacher and Rebecca Rose, the program coordinator, worked with Middlesex to have Year 4 accepted for community-college credit. With no questions from committee members, the panel took consensus and the presenter said the course will be moved to the full board meeting for final approval.

Committee members indicated no opposition during the consensus call. The committee recorded no formal roll-call tally in the transcript; the presenter described the next step as full-board approval for implementation in fall 2025.

The proposal does not change enrollment prerequisites or local graduation requirements as described in the presentation; those details were not specified in the transcript. The committee did not take a final adoption vote at this meeting; the action advanced the change to the full Board of Education for final consideration.