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City emergency management chief Rick Fontana with at-home two-test kit.
The city plans to give out roughly 8,000 at-home Covid-19 testing kits to New Haven residents only at two mass distribution sites on Thursday — as the Omciron variant continues to knock teachers, police officers, firefighters, and school bus drivers out of work.
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Crowd at Career honors Anastasio with moment of silence.
The memory of the legendary New Haven coach Tom “Mr. A” Anastasio was channeled at halftime Tuesday night on the basketball court at Hill Regional Career High School.
by | Jan 4, 2022 5:15 pm | Comments (11)
Firefighters, cops, and teachers continued to scramble to fill gaps and keep government working Tuesday as the state’s Covid-19 infection rate hit 23.85 percent and the number of hospitalized patients in Greater New Haven soared to 539 amid the spread of the Omicron variant.
by | Jan 4, 2022 1:13 pm | Comments (9)
Newly confirmed Board of Ed members Dr. Abie Quiñones-Benítez and OrLando Yarborough III.
The Board of Alders unanimously approved Dr. Abie Quiñones-Benítez and Dr. OrLando Yarborough III to serve on the Board of Education — praising the former’s bilingual-education bonafides, and the latter’s longtime commitment to youth mentorship.
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by , and | Jan 3, 2022 6:49 pm | Comments (15)
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Principal Dan Levy: This isn't March 2020.
Administrators filled in to keep classrooms running and lunches served Monday, bus routes were combined, and teachers all received masks, as the New Haven and Hamden school districts resolved to remain open even as some suburban districts temporarily pulled the plug.
The hope remained by day’s end that kids can remain in schools despite the fact that Connecticut posted a record 21.5 percent Covid-19 test-positivity rate.
Meanwhile, New Haven’s teachers union president applauded the efforts to fill gaps but questioned whether they’ll prove “sustainable” — or if Connecticut should allow some remote learning to count as official school days.
by | Jan 3, 2022 10:53 am | Comments (1)
New Haven’s public schools reopened from winter break Monday morning with 18 percent of bus drivers calling out sick as the Omicron variant swept through the state.
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by | Jan 2, 2022 6:46 pm | Comments (10)
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Sonia Clubb and Supt. Iline Tracey Sunday handing out test kits outside King/Robinson.
Iline Tracey handed out the first batch of Covid-19 rapid at-home tests to nervous teachers Sunday as the school system prepared to reopen Monday amid a surge of cases.
by | Jan 2, 2022 10:53 am | Comments (2)
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Honda Smith, Nijaya Brown, Barbara Hawke-Lopez, Rhieanna Rubertone, Nashali Nieves, and Rebecca LeQuire by new mural at spruced-up Shack.
With the help of four high school students who found a fun way to spend part of their Christmas break, the late New Haven rapper known as Stēzo has been brought back to life on his home turf of West Rock/West Hills.
by | Dec 31, 2021 12:20 pm | Comments (11)
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Darnell Goldson.
Darnell Goldson, one of two elected members of New Haven’s Board of Education, announced he will step down as he contends with “aggressive” lymphona.
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by | Dec 23, 2021 11:15 am | Comments (2)
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Student celebrate new donated gifts.
Kindergarteners at Wexler-Grant School got a colorful donation Wednesday from an 11-year Danbury artist.
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by | Dec 22, 2021 5:14 pm | Comments (24)
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Co-op students Aiyara Diaz and Xeleen Rosario: Enforcement drops; misbehavior runs rampant.
As the Covid-19 pandemic drags on, more fights are breaking out in halls and more students have been acting out in class, adding to stress in public schools and prompting a search for solutions.
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by and | Dec 22, 2021 3:08 pm | Comments (2)
This year as part of the Wreaths Across America, James Hillhouse High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) honored the veterans by placing armed services wreaths at Westville Cemetery.
by | Dec 20, 2021 1:38 pm | Comments (2)
On a mission: Sisters of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority's New Haven chapter with volunteers at Clemente School holiday food giveaway.
A holiday meal drive-by giveaway took place Saturday at Roberto Clemente Leadership Academy. It was sponsored by a sorority. Each member was clad in gold and blue. But this was no ordinary sorority, and no ordinary holiday event.
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by | Dec 20, 2021 9:36 am | Comments (2)
Riverside's toy drive on Saturday.
Neither rain nor a resurgence in Covid-19 could stop Riverside Academy’s annual holiday toy drive for students working to make it through high school while raising young children.
by | Dec 16, 2021 3:26 pm | Comments (11)
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Rapper Dustystaystrue back at Barnard Thursday after a national tour.
Five hundred students gathered in the courtyard of Barnard Environmental Science and Technology School roared with excitement Thursday morning as Dustystaytrue’s “Never Change” blared from the speakers — and the rising rapper himself arrived on scene.
by | Dec 15, 2021 4:50 pm | Comments (13)
Wilbur Cross' bottle filler machine: Prototype for what other schools are slated to receive in February.
Amid school-shooting threats and fights in the halls, New Haven Public School (NHPS) students are wrestling with a more prosaic concern these days: They’re thirsty.
Most public schools have no drinking water available because of the pandemic.
by | Dec 14, 2021 9:51 am | Comments (3)
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Lisson Brown ducks and dodges virtual disc in VR game.
The metaverse is being built 3D block by block at Riverside Education Academy.
by | Dec 13, 2021 5:02 pm | Comments (13)
On Arnold's trail: Robert Greenberg Monday with HSC students.
Benedict Arnold.
A local historian met up with an archaeologist and a scientist in the parking lot of High School in the Community Monday hot on the heels of a mystery: How infamous Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold lived and whether he had a secret tunnel running to his house from the harbor in order to smuggle goods.
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by | Dec 13, 2021 10:44 am | Comments (2)
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Charee Anderson with daughters Layana and Kahlea at Sunday's Q House event.
A day or so before the New Haven Public Schools were putting on a “Holiday Children Gifts & Books Giveaway” at the Dixwell Q house, organizers realized they didn’t have enough toys.
“The turnout was going to be much larger than we expected, so we reached out to NHPS staff and they came through with at least 100 toys,” Gemma Joseph Lumpkin, the school system’s chief of youth, family, and community engagement, said at the Sunday afternoon event in the Q House gymnasium.
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by | Dec 13, 2021 9:20 am | Comments (5)
Hamden High memes, courtesy of a student.
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Sophomore SPCP representatives Ayanna Lovieno, Alianna Wray, and Hunmae McCollum address adults at community forum.
After three days off school due to gun violence threats, Fin Powers wasn’t sure what to expect when he returned to Hamden High.
So he prepared the best he could for the unknown. Following an anonymous Snapchat post in which a now arrested 13-year-old suggested intent to shoot up both Hamden High and Middle Schools, Powers read through a letter from his principal laying out new protocol for having students pass through a metal detector each day.
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by | Dec 10, 2021 2:14 pm | Comments (2)
A Covid-19 outbreak at Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School has led to the largest quarantine to date at a New Haven public school.
by | Dec 9, 2021 1:18 pm | Comments (2)
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Active shooter drills have become a sad necessity in US schools, but they are not sufficient for preventing active shooters or promoting student safety. We need to shift the discourse about school shootings from what happens when a shooter enters the building to what is happening, relationally and social-emotionally, in the school at all times.
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by | Dec 8, 2021 4:00 pm | Comments (52)
Lisa Mack: Teachers want to work closer to home.
The number of teachers leaving New Haven’s school district has grown so far this year, leading to a call for stepped-up retention efforts.
by | Dec 8, 2021 1:41 pm | Comments (3)
Police continued arresting students they say are responsible for issuing threats of violence that have been locking down or shutting down schools in recent days.
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Victorious teachers slate members Stephen Siena, Mia Comulada Breuler, Leslie Blatteau, Kirsten Hopes-McFadden, Rachael Parrott, and campaign manager Nataliya Braginsky outside teachers union hall Tuesday evening after ballots were counted.
Cicarella: "It was probably time for change. They're smart & energetic."
A 31-member slate of challengers promising a new day for educators toppled the teachers union’s 15-year incumbent president along with the rest of his team.