Norwich ―The City Council voted unanimously Monday night to endorse the plan to build the first three new elementary schools in the $385 million school construction project approved by voters in November.

The council voted on three separate resolutions Monday to allow the Board of Education to seek state reimbursement and to authorize architectural drawings and schematics for new schools on the grounds of the former Greeneville School, the John B. Stanton School and the Moriarty Environmental Sciences Magnet School.

A fourth new elementary school is planned at the current Uncas School, and the Teachers’ Memorial Global Studies Magnet Middle School will be renovated or replaced in a future project phase.

The former Greeneville School was closed and demolished several years ago. For the other two schools, plans call for building the new buildings on the grounds and then vacating the existing schools and demolishing them, making way for playgrounds and sports fields.