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When Sonia Fowler’s children woke up Tuesday morning, they were cheering. Their mom said they were excited to go to school after weeks of remote learning. But Fowler had to break the news to her kids — they, like thousands of students across Connecticut, had a remote learning day because of forecasted snow. “He was crying. He was screaming that…

With teachers being forced to quarantine due to COVID-19 exposure and substitutes hard to come by, many school districts are being forced to switch to remote learning as a solution.

Danbury city officials announced Friday night that all schools will remain remote due to ongoing concerns about the spread of COVID-19 in the city.

Montville Public Schools will move to remote learning for the next two weeks due to several COVID-19 cases in the district and concerns about community spread in the area. School officials said Thursday that they’ve identified several cases in the district – at Dr. Charles E. Murphy Elementary School, Oakdale Elementary School, Montville High School, and the Palmer Building. The…

Suffield High School and Suffield Middle School will see changes to their learning schedules due to several confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the district. Superintendent Timothy Van Tasel said the district has seen six confirmed cases in three days – three in the high school, two at the middle school and one at the elementary school. Between the middle and…

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…

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.

Waterbury Arts Magnet School will shift to a remote learning model for the next two days after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, the district said Monday night. In a letter, Superintendent Dr. Verna Ruffin said the entire school will transition to virtual learning Tuesday and Wednesday. The school building will be cleaned and disinfected while contact tracers inform…

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 member of the Wethersfield Public Schools community from Silas Deane Middle School tested positive for COVID-19, district officials said Wednesday. That person was last at Silas Deane on Friday, Sept. 11 and will remain home in quarantine for 14 days, according to a letter from Superintendent Michael Emmett. No other students or staff have reported any symptoms, and all…

Hartford Public Schools are still adjusting to having kids back in classrooms amid the pandemic, and there’s continuing fallout from a recent cyberattack.

Right now Hartford Public Schools is dealing with two major challenges. They’re still adjusting to having kids back in classrooms amid the pandemic and there’s continuing fallout from a recent cyberattack. At a Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, teacher after teacher raised concerns about the return to school in Hartford. “We are drowning. The teachers in the schools...

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….

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.

Windham Public Schools has reported a case of COVID-19 at Sweeney Elementary School, district officials said in a letter Friday. In a letter sent to the district community, Superintendent Tracy Youngberg said the person has not been at the school since Wednesday and the area they spent time at has been thoroughly disinfected. Officials said there is no risk of…

New Milford Public Schools will close for two days – Thursday and Friday – after a member of the community tested positive for COVID-19, a notice on the district website said Wednesday. District officials said they were notified of the test results Wednesday. The person was asymptomatic but got tested after a family member tested positive for the virus. The…