coronavirus in schools

New London public schools will be closed for in-person instruction for the rest of January. New London Public Schools said they will close all schools to in-person instruction from today through Jan. 29. The schools were virtual last week and reopened on Monday. A letter Supt. Cynthia Ritchie sent to the school community said that over the last 12 hours,…

Children have been more online than ever this year as the pandemic has moved learning out of the classroom and onto the internet. NBC San Diego has conducted a yearlong investigation, titled “Stolen,” into sex trafficking and the exploitation of children and found that the problem is much more widespread than most people realize. Investigative reporter Monica Dean joined LX...

The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference says efforts it has taken to protect student-athletes from the spread of coronavirus through school sports have been successful.

Griswold Public Schools will move to full remote learning beginning Monday and continuing through December 23 after two people at Griswold Elementary School tested positve for COVID-19, according to school superintendent Sean McKenna. The school district is also monitoring several possible cases awaiting test results, McKenna said in a letter to parents on Saturday. The two people who tested positive…

Two Norwalk schools announced Friday that they will transition to full remote learning amid coronavirus concerns, school officials said. Brien McMahon High School and the Center for Global Studies will make the transition starting Monday, Nov. 23. The schools will return to the hybrid learning model starting Monday, Nov. 30. School officials said the decision was made after careful consideration…

The number of COVID-19 cases among school students in Connecticut is up 70 percent since last week, according to the state’s website. The state website says there were 1,146 new student cases between last Thursday and this Wednesday, up 70 percent from the week before. Of the student cases, 508 were hybrid students, 348 were in-person students, 274 cases were…

Several schools and school districts have made the decision to transition to online learning as COVID cases continue to rise in many areas across the state. Simsbury High School will be fully remote on Thursday, Nov. 19 and Friday, Nov. 20 after learning that a student tested positive for COVID-19. School officials said they were advised that there was no…

An ICU travel nurse battling COVID-19 on the frontlines in Michigan says she and her co-workers are watching people who didn’t believe in the virus and failed to take precautions die every day. Lydia Mobley joined LX News to share her grim experience and send a warning to families planning to gather for the holidays.

Several schools and school districts have made the decision to transition to online learning as COVID cases continue to rise in many areas across the state. All Bristol schools will transition to full distance learning starting Nov. 23. The school district transitioned five of their schools to either full or partial remote learning for a set period of time that…

The district made the call late Monday amid rising cases of COVID-19 in the city.

Possible exposure to the coronavirus has forced thousands of school-age children to stay home.

Seven staff members and three students in the Waterbury school district have tested positive for COVID-19, school officials said Sunday. A teacher at each of the following schools has tested positive for COVID-19: North End Middle School Walsh Elementary School Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School Sprague Elementary School State Street School Waterbury Career Academy School officials said Waterbury Career Academy has…

Two more COVID-19 cases were reported in the Southington school district, school officials said Sunday. One person was from Kelley Elementary School and the other was from J.F.K. Middle School, according to the school district. All close contacts have been notified of the COVID-19 exposure. The two individuals will not be allowed back into school until they have quarantined...

A new model from the University of Washington shows that half a million Americans could die of the coronavirus by February 2021. But researchers say that if Americans universally wore masks, nearly 130,000 of these lives could be saved.

More Connecticut schools are transitioning to remote learning as school districts try to limit COVID-19 exposure. As of Friday, 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 are closing and switching to remote learning…

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

The city of Norwalk said there are 11 new COVID-19 cases in the city’s school district. Norwalk Public Schools said they were made aware of the new cases on Friday. Of the new cases, at least six are involving members of the Brien McMahon High School and Center for Global Studies school communities, city officials said. Mayor Harry Rilling said…

A lot of time and money has been spent over these few months in order to get Connecticut schools ready to reopen. It has been tedious and costly for both families and school districts. NBC Connecticut Investigates examined the costs of reimagining and renovating school spaces, based on financial information obtained through public records requests. Within Windsor Locks Public Schools,…

To safely open during the pandemic, school districts spent hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars on things ranging from cleaning supplies to air purifies to PPE to remote learning technology.

Connecticut’s COVID-19 positivity rate jumped to 2.4% on Tuesday, the highest number since June.