Education in Norwalk, Connecticut

There are an assortment of public, private, and parochial schools in Norwalk, Connecticut.Post-secondary educationThere are four post-secondary schools within the city of Norwalk:Norwalk Community College is in West NorwalkGibbs College, Norwalk campus (Closed)University of Phoenix Fairfield County campus is at 535 Connecticut Ave. Suite 400.Post University opened a "regional center" in Norwalk in the Fall of 2008. There are also other post-secondary schools in nearby towns.The Norwalk Hospital runs an internship program associated with the Yale School of Medicine and a nursing program associated with Norwalk Community College.Norwalk Public SchoolsNorwalk was granted a town charter by the Connecticut General Court in 1651. On May 29, 1678, town records mention the establishment of community-supported teaching activities with a passage that reads: "At a town meeting... voted and agreed to hier a scole master to teach all the children in ye town to lerne to Rede and write; and that Mr. Cornish shall be hierd for that service and the townsmen are to hier him upon as reasonable terms as they can."The school that was established in the 1670s was located near the Ludlow Square area of East Norwalk (near the former Roger Ludlow Junior High School).