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Dr. Michael Conner has suddenly resigned as superintendent of the Middletown school district, according to a spokesperson. The Board of Education said Conner gave his letter of resignation to Chairperson Deborah Cain. The resignation will go into effect immediately. “The Board wishes Dr. Conner well in his future endeavors,” the Board of Education said in a statement. It’s unclear...

A 15-page letter was sent to Middletown Superintendent Dr. Michael Conner last week by Roger Passavant. No direct threat was made, but the intent of the lengthy letter is under investigation.

“It was pretty scary.  Something that a parent doesn’t want to hear,” Jennifer, a parent of two Hamden High School students who asked us not to use her last name, told NBC Connecticut News on Friday. Hamden High School closed Friday after school officials said they were made aware of a threat of potential gun violence.  “Trust me, no...

The Board of Education voted Thursday to place the superintendent of Region 14 schools under paid administrative leave amid an investigation into a controversial vaccine clinic. People in Bethlehem and Woodbury are angry that a vaccination clinic, which they believed was supposed to prioritize teachers, may have allowed others to be vaccinated first. Dr. Joe Olzacki is actively being investigated…

People in Bethlehem and Woodbury are angry that a vaccination clinic, which they believed was supposed to prioritize teachers, may have allowed others to be vaccinated first. And now, the superintendent of Region 14 schools is being asked for his resignation. Dr. Joe Olzacki is being investigated for his role in supposedly allowing administrators, central office employees, Board of Education…

People in Bethlehem and Woodbury are angry that a vaccine clinic, which they believed was supposed to prioritize teachers, allowed others to be vaccinated before them. And now, the superintendent of Region 14 schools is being asked to resign.

“I want more than anything for all of our students to return to school in as normal environment as possible as soon as possible,” said West Hartford Superintendent Tom Moore in a video message to parents. In that message, he delivered the news that a planned return to full-time in-person learning scheduled to start on Tuesday, Oct. 13 had been…

School superintendents around the state today began the process of understanding the governor’s recommended return to school guidelines.

Half of Connecticut’s school students will spend at least the next two weeks at home as districts try to do their part to curb the spread of coronavirus.  On Friday, the superintendents of New Britain, Bloomfield and Middletown added to the growing list of schools shuttering, some indefinitely. “I’m very happy that they’re actually closing for a while to...

Two communities are mourning a brother and sister who police say were shot and killed by their mother’s boyfriend before he turned the gun on himself Tuesday night.

The community is mourning a Watertown brother and sister who police say were shot and killed by their mother’s boyfriend before he turned the gun on himself Tuesday night.

A man is suspected of shooting and killing his girlfriend’s teenage son and daughter at their Watertown home Tuesday night after an argument about him smoking cigarettes in the house escalated, according to police. They said the man had moved into the home just two weeks earlier.

It’s an island off Connecticut’s coast known for its wealthy summer vacationers and world-class rounds of golf, but for the 230 people that live on Fisher’s Island year-round, it’s home.

Simsbury parents are protesting a proposal to close one of their elementary schools.

The Torrington High School football team forfeited their Friday night game following an “unsportsmanlike” incident among players.

State police have arrested a Bolton Board of Education member after finding more than 20 teens at a party at her home, several of whom had marijuana and admitted to drinking alcohol, according to state police.

Local teachers have told NBC Connecticut Investigates that many of the schools that they work in are “falling apart” because proper maintenance has been put off for far too long. The educators believe failing to execute that maintenance could result in a bigger and more expensive problem.

A teacher at a Waterbury elementary school was arrested Thursday morning in New Haven and charged with driving under the influence, as well as additional charges.

New Haven Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Carol Birks has signed a separation agreement with the Board of Eduction, district officials confirmed Monday.