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Waterbury schools will remain fully remote at least through the end of the month due to rising COVID-19 cases in the city and statewide.

Waterbury Public Schools is the latest school district in Connecticut to opt for virtual learning instead of a traditional snow day. The superintendent sent out the following message to inform parents: “For the 2020-2021 school year, Waterbury Public Schools will eliminate inclement weather days and other emergency closure days by utilizing virtual instruction. On those days, students will follow their…

Students in Waterbury will not have snow days this year. They will be replaced with virtual learning.

Waterbury public schools are transitioning to full remote learning effective immediately amid a rise in coronavirus transmission in the city, school officials said. “We have done this out of an abundance of caution as we have seen COVID cases rise in the city,” Superintendent Verna Ruffin said. The transition will be effective from Tuesday, Nov. 17 until at least mid-January….

Seven staff members and three students in the Waterbury school district have tested positive for COVID-19, school officials said Sunday. A teacher at each of the following schools has tested positive for COVID-19: North End Middle School Walsh Elementary School Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School Sprague Elementary School State Street School Waterbury Career Academy School officials said Waterbury Career Academy has…

A new model from the University of Washington shows that half a million Americans could die of the coronavirus by February 2021. But researchers say that if Americans universally wore masks, nearly 130,000 of these lives could be saved.

Two more staff members and one more student have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Waterbury School District, school officials said. A staff member at each Generali Elementary School and Wilby High School have tested positive for the virus. At Wilby High School, impacted classes have transitioned to remote learning through Thursday, Oct. 29, according to school officials. The student…

Three more staff members in the Waterbury School District have tested positive for COVID-19, according to school officials. Two staff members at Duggan Elementary School and one staff member in the Adult Education Program have tested positive for the virus. At Duggan Elementary School, there will be no additional class or school closures, school officials said. All students and staff…

Four more students in Waterbury Public Schools tested positive for COVID-19, according to school officials. Tinker Elementary School, West Side Middle School, and Waterbury Arts Magnet School each have one new in-person COVID-19 case, the school district said. At West Side Middle School and Waterbury Arts Magnet School, impacted classes will transition to distance learning through Oct. 22, school officials…

Three staff members and two students in the Waterbury School District have tested positive for COVID-19, according to school officials. Three staff members at Duggan School tested positive for the virus and two classes will transition to distance learning as a result through Oct. 23, the school district said. One of the two students who tested positive attends school in-person…

Two more students in Wallingford Public Schools have tested positive for COVID-19, school officials said in an email to parents on Sunday. One student goes to James H. Moran Middle School and the other goes to Mark T. Sheehan High School, according to the school district. All individuals identified as close contacts have already been notified by school officials. The…

Teachers in Waterbury are trying to be more resourceful and creative when it comes to educating children who do not speak English as a first language. There are more than 2,800 English learners in the district, according to school officials. Spanish and Albanian are the other dominant languages in the city. “As an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher…

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…

A bus driver who works with the Waterbury Public Schools district has tested positive for COVID-19, the district confirmed Wednesday. The driver, who works for Durham School Services, has been told to isolate for 14 days. The driver will have to provide medical documentation to return to work. School and bus company officials said the driver wore a mask at…

Nine students and a bus driver within the Waterbury Public School system, including three in-person and six attending virtually, have tested positive for COVID-19. School officials said Monday that one in-person student at Washington Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19. The specific cohort affected will transition to distance learning through Tuesday, Sept. 29. District officials said early Sunday afternoon that…

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

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...

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.

Back to school looks a lot different for students during a pandemic. Waterbury students start school in a hybrid model Tuesday. Thursday, the district took NBC Connecticut through three schools to see the safety precautions that have been put into place. “Definitely a different look, different feeling and different appearance In school buildings as we welcome our students back on…

Connecticut’s Office of Child Advocate has released a report detailing the need for mental health resources inside Waterbury Public Schools. The report comes just one week before the district is set to start the new school year. According to the 34-page document, the Office of the Child Advocate found that police were called at least 200 times to respond to…