New Haven Public Schools

A local school district is thinking outside the box to get teachers into classrooms. New Haven Public Schools has teamed up with Quinnipiac University and soon, college and graduate students will be giving lessons to high school and middle school students. The program aims to address the teacher shortage. “As a child, I was the one that wanted the microscope,”…

A new school year began on Thursday for 19,200 students in the 41 school across the New Haven Public School District. The district still has approximately 84 teacher vacancies, but the current staff was excited to welcome students back into the classroom, according to Dr. Madeline Negron, the district’s new superintendent. At Wilbur Cross High School, there are brand new…

Thursday is the first day of the school year in New Haven and students said they were excited to be back.