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Principal Dina Natalino and her staff at Bishop Woods School are looking forward to welcoming back students as New Haven Schools will soon resume in-person learning. “There’s 41 schools and many of them are in different stages of readiness but all of them are on track to be open by November 9,” said New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker. Like many…

Like many districts, New Haven will be on a modified schedule with kids from preschool to third grade returning Monday through Friday with the exception of Wednesday and fourth through 12th graders will be two days in person in two days remote with Wednesday being a cleaning day for both schedules.

After much debate this summer in districts across the state on the return to school, New Haven opted to take 10 extra weeks to prep all 41 school buildings for in-person learning. Now, they say they’re on the path for a November 9 hybrid learning launch.   “There are eight schools ready to go right now, and all of the…

For the time being, Hartford Public Schools will continue with the current learning model, though city officials are monitoring the coronavirus metrics and have said they are prepared to switch schools over to a hybrid learning model if need be. City officials had warned of an uptick in COVID-19 cases last week and said if the metrics continued to trend…

To say reopening schools during a pandemic is challenging would be an understatement, especially in Connecticut’s larger districts. Districts spent months trying to set up a safe environment to learn, figuring out how to get students to and from school, and deciding how often they should be in a classroom. This effort required hundreds of millions of dollars in...

If the upward trend continues, the city plans to move its schools to a hybrid learning model.

Members of the Connecticut Education Association voiced concern about how the state is handling resources and funding for Alliance Districts.

Litchfield Public Schools will be all remote learning on Friday after officials learned that several students across multiple schools had contact with someone who tested positive with COVID-19. In a notice Thursday, school officials said the students attended a non-school event last weekend which led to prolonged exposure with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. All schools will be on…

Several schools across Connecticut are reporting cases of COVID-19 and some school are shutting down because of it.

A Meriden high school student who attended a rally at the state Capitol in Hartford last week calling for the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference to allow high school football has tested positive for COVID-19, city officials confirmed Tuesday. Meriden city officials said the student attends Maloney High School and was not experiencing symptoms when they attended the rally last Wednesday….

The district is looking into bringing students with special education needs back to in-person learning. Currently, New Haven is one of the few districts to stick to all remote learning.

New Haven remains one of the few school districts in the state to not have in-person learning, but that’s expected to change for some students. “Come on, New Haven. I think you ought to take a look. You have a very low infection rate, and these kids have a chance, they ought to have an option to go to...

As school systems around the state announce temporary closures due to COVID-19 cases, Hamden is getting ready to open for the first time on Tuesday. “We’re all anxious, we’re all nervous,” said Diana Theriault, Bear Path Elementary School PTA president. “I think they’ve done everything they can to get these kids back in school.” Across the district, about 40%...

Hamden schools will open on Tuesday, a delay from their original date after teachers raised concerns that needed to be addressed.

From Waterbury to Glastonbury to East Lyme and other communities big and small across the state, educators are sharing their personal thoughts on returning to school in NBC Connecticut’s Teacher’s Journal.

Many Connecticut teachers are nervous about the return to the classroom amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of them also feel that expressing their concerns publicly could reflect negatively in the eyes of their employers. From Waterbury to Glastonbury to East Lyme and other communities big and small across the state, educators are sharing their personal thoughts in NBC Connecticut’s...

As Waterbury and Hartford schools prepare to go back to class, the districts are still waiting to hear from 10 percent of families about if their students will learn online or in-person.

Both Waterbury and Hartford are still waiting to hear back from about 10% of their families about whether their students will return in-person or for remote learning this year.

On Tuesday, two of Connecticut’s largest school districts, Hartford and Waterbury, will open their doors to students.  Both districts said they’re still waiting to hear from 10% of their families about whether they plan to attend school in person or online. Not knowing how many students are going to show up on day one poses a challenge for districts...