Hamden Middle School: NCES School ID: 090186000342: State School ID: CT-0620011-0625211: District Name: Hamden School District district information: NCES District ID: 0901860: State District ID: CT-0620011: Mailing Address: 2623 Dixwell Ave. Hamden, CT 06518: Physical Address: 2623 Dixwell Ave. As New Term Nears, Town Is Split on the Safety of a Middle School Built When she's not reporting, you can find her hiking Shoreline trails and eating her way through New Haven. Hamden Youth Service Bureau Resource Guide. As Hamden weighs how to spend its remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds, officials are considering whether to put the bulk of the money - about $15.4 million - toward such a transformation of. That cost diminished in recent years after utilities were turned off at the property following a flood but is still a burden on the community, Kroop said. $5.4M In State Funds Approved For Hamden Arts & Culture Project - MSN The Hamden Fire Department is investigating the Oct. 16, fire at the vacant former Hamden Middle School, located at 550 Newhall St. Fire Marshal Brian Dolan told HQNN the fire was reported around 5:15 p.m. in a fourth-floor utility room that contained miscellaneous items.. . Town Wants Testing on Inside Old HMS Building - Hamden, CT - What will become of the former middle school is still a question, but no matter what happens, the testing needs to be done, officials say. 564 Students. That site and surrounding homes have been the subject of an extensive, yearslong remediation effort. However, the decision to move forward has repeatedly been delayed. While some details of the ever-evolving proposal remained in flux, Mutual Housing, which operates under the moniker NeighborWorks New Horizons, had proposed constructing 87 units on the site, the bulk of them affordable. Mark Zaretsky , Staff Writer. The former Hamden Middle School closed amid concerns that the contaminated land upon which the building sits was making staff and students sick, and led to the construction of the new Hamden Middle School on a portion of the former Meadowbrook Golf Course property on Dixwell Avenue, which is now Town Center Park. In 2000, officials sampled the soil on the property while planning for an addition to the building. The school had to be abandoned 20 years ago when tests revealed contamination in the soil. He says he pitched it years ago. Garrett has proposed selling the Keefe Center and the Whitneyville Branch Library once the community campus is complete and putting the proceeds into a capital fund. Stay involved! I dont know what theyre gonna make it into, but this is a good space though, said Brian Henderson, a New Haven resident who said his father attended the former middle school. If your child is NOT attending Hamden Middle School ORHigh Schoolfor the 2022-2023 school year,please complete the attached withdrawal form.