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Michael Carter at Monday's Board of Education meeting.
Michael Carter’s contract as an operations and facilities consultant for the public school district will come to an end in March. Meanwhile, the district’s seat for a chief operating officer remains vacant.
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Snow troubles at Fair Haven School on Feb. 3.
The city’s public school district ran into trouble last week when its snow removal contractors “failed” in their plow work — and so now, after each snowfall, New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) plans to have additional inspectors visit all building sites and evaluate whether contractors’ cleanup work is satisfactory.
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by | Feb 12, 2025 10:53 am | Comments (11)
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Typhanie Jackson: "There are some places where we have had some gaps."
High burnout rates, low pay, and insufficient state funding have led to an untenable shortage of special education staff in New Haven public schools.
School employees and parents conveyed that message to Education Committee alders — calling attention to lapsed services for some of the city’s highest-needs students.
by | Feb 11, 2025 1:29 pm | Comments (26)
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Blatteau: "If we can't be safe in our buildings, what else matters here?"
(Updated) The president of the city’s teachers union has filed a state workplace safety complaint against the public school district for persistent problems with mold, leaks, air quality, and other conditions concerns at New Haven’s two largest high schools.
by | Feb 7, 2025 12:02 pm | Comments (19)
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Future home for workforce training ... and housing and community space?
(Updated with NHPS comments) Mayor Justin Elicker dropped a hint in paragraph 46 of his annual State of the City address about the potential future state of the Goffe Street Armory: as the home for a new vocational school.
by | Feb 4, 2025 4:12 pm | Comments (2)
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Nunez (right) leads the way: "Like sports, the arts save kids."
“Get out your heads and get into your bodies!” Hillhouse High School dance teacher Millette Nunez instructed her students, as each of them danced to the upbeat rhythm of Afro-Caribbean guitar and drums.
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A partially cleared lot at Fair Haven School Monday.
A heavier than expected snowfall — and a late-starting snow removal contractor — left more than 20 city public schools to start their days Monday morning with snow partially plowed or not plowed at all.
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August has a snack while learning about Davis Academy, at the NHPS School Choice Expo.
Isabela Oliva and fam: "I didn’t go to school here, so I don’t know how to work it."
When parent Isabela Oliva arrived at Wilbur Cross High School, she brought her mother, husband, two kids, and dozens of questions about how New Haven public schools work — at an expo that took place as another magnet school application process is set to begin.
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Students dance alongside DeLauro, Elicker, and Paolillo.
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P.E. teacher Sharon Arnold gets her flowers, literally, for hosting Snowball event for the past 16 years.
Sixteen years after Fair Haven School gym teacher Sharon Arnold first came up with the idea to combine fitness with college and career readiness, she received her flowers for helping to inspire the post-high school dreams of dozens of Fair Haven students.
by | Jan 31, 2025 9:54 am | Comments (4)
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Seventh grader Laila Washington: "You get to learn a lot" at Math Counts.
Sohan Bendre (right) refreshes students on what a variable is.
If you write out the numbers from 1 to 1,000, how many times will you write the number seven?
That question was posed to a group of 6 – 8th graders at Edgewood School — who had shown up to a voluntary after-school program for students interested in further developing their math skills.
by | Jan 29, 2025 4:54 pm | Comments (22)
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Supt. Negrón: "This is a stressful time for many in our community."
If U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers attempt to enter New Haven schools, the school district will require them to present a warrant — which will then be reviewed by a legal team and the superintendent’s office.
Then, the district will notify guardians if a warrant specifically mentions their child.
Supt. Madeline Negrón notified New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) parents of that immigration-related update in an email Tuesday afternoon.
by | Jan 29, 2025 12:23 pm | Comments (0)
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Hannans: Proud that she maintained her integrity, ready to rest and spend more time with grandkids.
Schools Chief Financial Officer Linda Hannans will be retiring after spending five decades working for the city’s public school district.
by | Jan 28, 2025 2:20 pm | Comments (3)
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The Board of Education more than doubled the schools superintendent’s spending threshold, making it so that she can now spend up to $50,000 on district purchases before requiring board approval.
by | Jan 28, 2025 9:15 am | Comments (2)
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Daniel Juárez: En route to ed board?
When Board of Education nominee Daniel Juárez’s oldest child was approaching high school — with a daunting local school lottery process on the horizon — Juárez and his wife had a question for their two kids enrolled in New Haven Public Schools.
“We said, ‘What would you guys think about moving to the suburbs?’” Juárez recalled on Monday evening.
“They said, ‘Absolutely not!’”
by | Jan 24, 2025 10:19 am | Comments (1)
Hillhouse students at work writing invisible ink messages ...
... after their teacher, Kate Goodwin, applies heat to reveal invisible messages in class about the American Revolution.
A Hillhouse student’s eyes widened as he applied grape juice and heat to what appeared to be a blank piece of paper — but instead held a secret message in invisible ink, written as part of a course designed to teach multilingual learners like himself U.S. history and English at the same time.
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by | Jan 24, 2025 9:23 am | Comments (16)
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Blatteau: "In some of those schools, kids and teachers are in hats and gloves all day."
As New Haven remains wrapped in freezing temperatures, some city public school buildings have been struggling with a lack of heat — causing educators and students to bundle up in coats and gloves in their classrooms.
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by | Jan 23, 2025 8:00 am | Comments (2)
A fifth-grade math and science teacher has been recognized as an “extraordinary educator” for her work engaging students and promoting high standards in her classroom at an Upper Westville elementary school.
by | Jan 20, 2025 9:07 am | Comments (2)
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Dayana and Samaner spell out "wig" together.
“Wig,” said Fair Haven School eighth grader Dayana.
First grader Samaner sounded out the word, as Dayana helped her place a “w” to finish spelling it out.
by | Jan 17, 2025 11:23 am | Comments (5)
Leslie Blatteau at WNHH FM: “If our students have stable housing, our job is going to be less hard in the classroom.”
Leslie Blatteau noticed that 70 percent of New Haven’s teachers live in the suburbs — and saw an opportunity to boost state-level support for New Haven’s schools.
by | Jan 17, 2025 9:11 am | Comments (6)
The Board of Education approved a $150,000 increase for one of its legal services contractors, bringing the total allocation to $400,000 for a firm that is handling 46 pending cases for the city school district.
by | Jan 16, 2025 11:02 am | Comments (0)
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Strand and student Jyce Relaford, who wants to combat abusive relationships between teens.
Teen domestic violence, more mental health days, and the school-to-prison pipeline are just some of topics on the minds of High School in the Community (HSC) seniors — as they aim to spread awareness and make change through their final capstone projects.
by | Jan 14, 2025 9:35 am | Comments (8)
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School board's 2025 picks: President Yarborough and Vice Prez Matt Wilcox.
In a 5 – 2 vote, school board members picked OrLando Yarborough to serve as Yesenia Rivera’s replacement as the president of the Board of Education.
by | Jan 14, 2025 9:30 am | Comments (14)
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Mayor Elicker (at the mic) in Hartford on Monday.
(Hartford) Mayor Justin Elicker and Supt. Madeline Negrón made the trip to the state’s capital Monday — to stand alongside mayors and superintendents from Bridgeport, Stamford, Waterbury, and Hartford and deliver a collective call for state government to up its public education funding by $545 million.
by | Jan 10, 2025 1:43 pm | Comments (11)
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Yondr pouches, now not just for Barnard.
Cellphone-restricting pouches are officially headed for all New Haven middle and high schools, now that alders have approved a nearly $371,000 contract with the tech-securing company Yondr.
by | Jan 9, 2025 7:10 pm | Comments (7)
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At 54 Meadow: "We are the union... the mighty, mighty union!"
Vereen: "I really didn't think it was going to take this long."
After a full day of preparing students’ meals, John C. Daniels School lead cafeteria cook Latasha Vereen added a coat and scarf to her uniform and headed to the school district’s headquarters — to rally for a new contract and a living wage for public school food service workers.