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After being home for nearly a year, pre-K through fifth-grade students made their way back to school across New Haven. “It’s not been as much fun because it’s fun to be in school,” said Camila Guerrero, who’s in third grade. “She’s been here at home a year now so she’s getting bored,” said New Haven parent Sridevi Venkatesh. “She...

New Haven elementary school students returned to a hybrid-learning model, returning to class for the first time since last March.

Some students in New Haven are returning to school in-person for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic started last March.

Many students are getting ready to go back into the classroom after a long holiday break. Dr. Robert Keder, a pediatrician at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, has some tips for preparing your children to return to in-person learning and wearing masks in school.

The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference is postponing the start of the school winter sports season. The season, which was scheduled to begin on November 21, will be delayed until a later date, according to CIAC executive director Greg Lungarini. He said they have decided to delay the season until they hear guidance from the Department of Public Health on guidelines…

Hartford public schools will shift to a hybrid model for students in preK through grade 9 on Nov. 16 and students in grades 10 to 12 will go full remote because of cases of COVID-19, Hartford city officials said Monday. Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin held a briefing on Monday afternoon to discuss the city’s plan for learning in the Hartford…

Fairfield public schools are delaying a return to full-time elementary school as cases of COVID-19 increase. The school district planned to begin full-time elementary school on Nov. 9. However, the coronavirus positivity rate has gone from 1.8 percent on Oct. 4 to 4.1 percent by the end of the week of Oct. 19. Then there was a spoke in cases…

The state of Connecticut’s COVID-19 positivity rate on Tuesday is 4.1 percent. It’s the highest since early june, the governor said.

Two students at Saxe Middle School in New Canaan have tested positive for COVID-19 and 7a other students and two staff members at are in quarantine due to close contact, according to the school department’s website. The two students who tested positive are isolating. New Canaan schools are also reporting that two staff members at East Elementary School have...

As COVID-19 cases rise in Connecticut again, the level of pandemic fatigue is also rising. Mike Hydeck discusses this and more in this week’s Face the Facts.

The next phase of the school reopening plan in Newington is on hold, according to superintendent. Supt. Maureen Brummett notified families that the school department will not proceed with the four day in-person plan next week for fifth and sixth graders, nor for seventh and eighth graders the following week. The school district will also put the high school four…

Students at New London High School will be learning from home for the rest of the week because of a positive case of COVID-19.; School officials said New London High school is closed for in-person instruction Thursday and Friday after they were notified of one positive case. Students will participate in distance learning for the rest of this week.

Parents of children on certain school bus routes in Shelton are being asked to bring their children to school and to pick them up because of a shortage of bus drivers and the impact on some bus routes. Dr. Beth Smith, the interim superintendent of schools in Shelton, said Shelton Student Transportation Services notified her Tuesday morning that they have…

Some Connecticut schools are coming up with creative ways to make sure the show goes on for drama clubs and other arts programs.

Several schools have made the switch to online learning because of coronavirus.

Over the weekend, Windham became the first “Red Alert” town to roll back to phase two of reopening and now, the town’s schools are switching to all virtual learning starting today. The decision to switch to all virtual learning is being made because Windham is one of the “Red Alert” cities and towns in the state. A town is...

Over the weekend, Windham became the first “Red Alert” town to roll back to phase two of reopening and now, the town’s schools are switching to all virtual learning starting today.

Windham has notified the state it will roll back to Phase 2 coronavirus restrictions as the town is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, according to the town manager. Windham is one of 11 municipalities in Connecticut that has been placed into a COVID-19 “Red Alert” designation. Towns that fall in that category are experiencing at least 15 new daily…

Windham becomes the first town in the state to rollback to Phase 2 of reopening.

We are several weeks into the school year and some Connecticut school districts have sent students back home due to cases of COVID-19. As of Tuesday, the state’s COVID-19 positivity rate was 2.4 percent. While some schools have transitioned to full in-person learning, many are hybrid and are allowing students to learn virtually. Due to cases of COVID-19, some schools…