[4] On September 5, 2023 the West Hartford board of education voted 4-0 for Democrat LaToya Fernandez to fill out the remaining time in Jason O. Chang's term.
West Hartford Board of Education Chairperson Lorna Thomas-Farquharson supported Fernandez by saying, "I think it again demonstrates that we don't take steps like this lightly," she said.
[7] In 2015, the board of education voted to allow Conard and Hall high schools to keep their nicknames, Chieftain and Warrior, respectively, "provided all Native American imagery, including mascots, were eliminated.
A new state law would have cut some education funding if "an intramural or interscholastic athletic team associated with such school, uses any name, symbol or image that depicts, refers to or is associated with a state or federally recognized Native American tribe or a Native American individual, custom or tradition, as a mascot, nickname, logo or team name.
At this meeting, the West Hartford Board of Education supported a statewide move to require that students in grades 6-12 begin academic classes no earlier than 8:30 a.m. so they can arrive at school “healthy, awake, alert, and ready to learn.”[10]