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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…

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

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…

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…

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 Monday, the state’s COVID-19 positivity rate was 1.4 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…

President Trump is claiming he is immune to COVID-19 as he returns to the campaign trail. Dr. Ashish Jha of Brown University joined LX News with a reality check about the president’s risk of spreading the virus and catching it a second time.

The elementary schools in Vernon are returning to full in-person learning, The superintended explains what that will look like

The University of Connecticut has announced plans for the spring semester and said on-campus housing will remain at around 50 percent capacity, the first two weeks of classes will be remote, spring break has been pushed back to April and students will return home after the break and finish classes and exams remotely. “We have reached the point where our…

We are several weeks into the school year and some Connecticut school districts have sent students back home due to cases of COVID-19. Some schools are closing and switching to remote learning while others are staying open and sending small groups home to quarantine. An individual tested positive for COVID-19 at Ansonia Middle School. The person was last inside the…

Students who are learning the English language are finding remote learning difficult.

Tests conducted on Monday and Tuesday found 21 positive cases among the student body, according to Trinity.

The New England Small College Athletic Conference, which includes Connecticut College, Trinity College and Wesleyan University. has canceled winter sports competition. The presidents of the 11 colleges and universities in the conference released a statement Thursday afternoon that says the NESCAC presidents unanimously decided to cancel NESCAC conference competition, including conference championships, for the winter season. The NESCAC is made…

With cases once again on the rise, health experts are warning Americans not to become lax in protecting themselves and others from the coronavirus.

Students have been back in school for a short time since the schools were shut down last March due to the COVID-19 pandemic and some Connecticut school districts have sent students back home due to cases of the virus. Some schools are closing and switching to remote learning while others are staying open and sending small groups home to quarantine….

UConn officials are touting low numbers of COVID-19 cases at its Storrs campus.

The rate of positive cases of COVID-19 is down at UConn, and school officials are sending out the message to students to continue to be careful to keep it that way. With Halloween approaching, students are being urged to large gatherings and smaller inside gatherings and the school is planning some safe options for the holiday. Eleanor JB Daugherty, associate…