The school that once stood at the location, Ridley-Lowell Business and Technical Institute, closed without warning in April, leaving students scrambling.
A Connecticut trade school in New London shut down without warning in April, leaving students and staff in limbo. But Monday Porter and Chester Institute opened a New London campus in the same building, giving the same people who said they were heartbroken a chance to get back into the classroom.
“I was only there for three days and the fourth day and we pulled up and nobody was around. The doors were closed,” said Ashely Weed of New London.
She always dreamed of working in the medical field, especially after her grandfather was diagnosed with cancer. So when Ridley-Lowell Business and Technical Institute closed without warning, she cried.
Ridley-Lowell administration cited severe financial challenges and that its national accreditor was eliminated as reasons for closing.