Elementary School May Be Closed: Barnard-Brown Could Become Magnet School's New Home. From: Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT) | Date: August 8, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Hartford Courant. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Robert A. Frahm

Aug. 8--Barnard-Brown School in downtown Hartford would close as an elementary school next year and undergo renovations as the new site for Capital Preparatory Magnet School under a recommendation announced Tuesday.

A Hartford school board committee selected Barnard-Brown in part because of its proximity to Capital Community College, where Capital Preparatory shares space in the former G. Fox department store, a downtown landmark at 950 Main St.

Barnard-Brown, at 1304 Main St., is within walking distance of the college and would allow Capital ...