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CT’s first school for LGBTQ+ students could open this fall

PROUD Academy, a private school in Ansonia for LGBTQ+ students and allies, will begin teaching seventh- and eighth-graders in the fall.

Officials said an applicant’s family connections played a ‘negligible’ role in admissions for years, but the school is formally ending the practice.

CT’s white students tend to be more prepared for college than Black and Latino students. And that gap is often seen within the same building.