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Middletown officials have expressed reservations about immediately resuming school regionalization talks with Newport.

Both school districts are facing declining student enrollment and subsequent reductions in state financial aid.

Newport recently reopened the conversation after a 2022 regionalization referendum was rejected by its voters but approved in Middletown.

When it comes to regionalization, Middletown says “now is not the time.”

Middletown Town Councilors and School Committee members expressed their reservations over engaging in further discussions on regionalization at this point in time during a joint meeting on Oct. 9. Town Councilor Dennis Turano summarized the general sentiment of the meeting as “I’m for regionalization, but now’s not the time.”

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