Hartford schools

The Classical Magnet School in Hartford is launching a three-week kindness campaign to raise money for academic and extracurricular activities.

In an effort to expand its search for teachers and increase diversity in its ranks, Hartford Public Schools will begin looking to the Caribbean for new teachers.

School officials say deploying metal detectors aims to prevent weapons from entering school buildings.

District leaders are responding after a Hartford school nurse suspected of posting comments about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Hartford Public Schools students on social media was put on administrative leave.

A Hartford school nurse has been put on administrative leave after allegedly posting comments about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Hartford Public Schools students on social media. According to the superintendent, the nurse posted inappropriate comments in a Facebook group, including private and personal details about a specific student. Dr. Leslie Torres-Rodriguez sent a letter about the nurse…

Districts across the state are battling with chronic absenteeism with Hartford among the worst. One school is getting creative and trying to change those rates.

The Village for Families and Children distributed kids books to students at M.D. Fox Elementary in Hartford on Monday.

Police have identified an individual they call a person of interest as they continue to investigate the fentanyl overdose death of a 13-year-old student in Hartford.

Hartford police have identified an individual they call a person of interest as they continue to investigate the fentanyl overdose death of a 13-year-old student in Hartford. The seventh-grader overdosed while at the Sport and Medical Sciences Academy on January 13. He died two days later. Police found 40 bags of fentanyl in the school shortly after the teen overdosed….

As Hartford police continue to investigate how three 7th grade boys got their hands on deadly fentanyl inside their school on January 13, the district announced new efforts to ensure it never happens again.

A Hartford school opened Wednesday for the first time since a 13-year-old student overdosed on fentanyl last week.

Hartford city and school leaders say much more needs to be done on a number of fronts to protect children from the dangers of drugs.

The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford will be closed Friday after a 13-year-old student suffered an overdose and is in grave condition at the hospital, according to officials.

The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford is closed Friday after a 13-year-old student suffered an overdose and is in grave condition at the hospital, according to Mayor Luke Bronin. Police believe the student overdosed on fentanyl. The student remains hospitalized Friday, school officials said. School will be closed and all classes will be canceled Friday. A remote learning…

A student is hospitalized in grave condition after he ingested fentanyl in school, according to Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin. Two other students were also hospitalized..

One student suffered an apparent overdoses at the Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford this morning and was taken to Connecticut Children’s and two other students and a teacher were also transported.

A 13-year-old student suffered an overdose at the Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford Thursday morning and is in grave condition at the hospital, according to Mayor Luke Bronin. Police believe the student overdosed on fentanyl. Two other seventh graders may have ingested the drug as well, Bronin said. Those two students were taken to the hospital as a…

Hartford Public Schools is launching a Saturday Academy to help make up some of the learning deficits caused by the pandemic.