Report Details Schools’ HVAC Problems
by | Jan 26, 2021 6:19 pm | Comments (4)
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Building Manager Chuck Tomaso examines Bishop Woods’ new air filter.
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HSC’s Turnaround Pilot Moves On
by | Jan 26, 2021 2:21 pm | Comments (4)
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Brown: Moving up.
A trailblazing teacher who led turnaround efforts at High School in the Community is leaving New Haven for Waterbury.
HSC Building Leader Matthew Brown’s resignation became official on Monday night, when the Board of Education approved New Haven Public Schools staff changes.
Sound School Roofing Project Advances
by | Jan 26, 2021 1:35 pm | Comments (3)
They just don’t build them as they used to.
Roofs, that is.
Aliyya Ascends
by | Jan 25, 2021 3:59 pm | Comments (1)
Aliyya Swaby
Aliyya Swaby, who covered New Haven schools for the Independent from 2014 – 2016, is gaining national attention for her groundbreaking work on the effect of the Covid-19 on public education in Texas.
“Boss” Course Motivates Teens
by | Jan 25, 2021 10:14 am | Comments (1)
A 12-week course called “Boss Academy “taught 15 eighth-graders to “channel your inner tiger” and to never stop chasing their dreams.
Penn v. Goldson Saga Ends With Conflict-Resolution Plan
by | Jan 22, 2021 11:26 am | Comments (11)
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Penn (left). Goldson (right).
The New Haven Board of Education is going back to marriage counseling.
That development comes as part of the resolution of months of simmering conflict over a hostile work complaint against board member Darnell Goldson filed by New Haven Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Phillip Penn.
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Recommendation: Keep Cops In Schools
by | Jan 21, 2021 10:18 pm | Comments (7)
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Some students demanded police-free schools in last summer’s protests.
Police officers should stay in New Haven schools that want them. Those schools should also get more psychologists and social workers.
New Haven Public Schools’ School Security Design Committee settled on this recommendation Thursday evening. Committee members plan to write up the recommendation for the Board of Education to review at its Feb. 8 meeting.
3,000 Return To School; Families Relieved
by | Jan 19, 2021 9:01 pm | Comments (22)
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King-Robinson first grader Jade Lee: Good to be back.
Veresa Hardy picked her daughter up from King/Robinson School Tuesday afternoon for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic set in 10 months ago. Hardy was relieved that Alayah could learn in person again.
Not all Alayah’s expected classmates showed up to join her.
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School Buses Roll Past Protesters
by | Jan 19, 2021 9:20 am | Comments (16)
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Protest scene as some in-person schooling resumed in New Haven.
School buses headed out of the First Student company campus before dawn Tuesday morning to cries of “What disinfectant do you use?” and “We are here for you.”
Parents Organize #SchoolsOut Protest
by | Jan 18, 2021 6:35 pm | Comments (9)
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Nijija-Ife Waters: Protesting to get more plans for medically compromised students.
Some parents and teachers are planning to boycott New Haven’s first day back of in-person school Tuesday.
Still Much Left To Learn About Kids & Covid-19
by | Jan 18, 2021 4:56 pm | Comments (2)
(Opinion) Tuesday, after ten months of remote learning, New Haven Public Schools are scheduled to re-open for in-person learning based on the disputable assertion at the Jan. 13 Board of Education meeting that the SARS-CoV2 virus spread among children is minimal. While children seem to be less susceptible to life-threatening Covid-19 illness, many studies suggest that children are infected by the SARS-CoV2 virus at a similar rate as adults and that students can and do bring the virus home to their families.
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Water Ready For Returning Students
by | Jan 18, 2021 10:33 am | Comments (0)
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King/Robinson security officer Tamara Boyd opens box of water bottles.
When King/Robinson elementary schoolers return to their classrooms on Tuesday — and find the fountains dry — each student will have a water bottle with their name on it.
Union, Parent Letter Seeks School Reopening Delay
by | Jan 14, 2021 9:18 pm | Comments (14)
With the first day of resumed in-person, pandemic school days away, some New Haven teachers, parents and community leaders asked the district to pause on reopening until Feb. 1.
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Parents, Teachers Ask: Why Reopen Now?
by | Jan 12, 2021 2:12 pm | Comments (46)
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City Community Services Administrator Dalal: “The research supports that elementary school kids can return to school safely.”
Over 30 parents and teachers asked why some public schools are reopening during the peak of the Covid-19 second wave, when vaccines are right around the corner.
City health officials answered that the district is reopening only for young students, who will not affect transmission levels, according to a large body of research. This rationale convinced a majority of the New Haven Board of Education that they did not need to stop the opening.
Covid UK Variant: What You Need To Know
by | Jan 12, 2021 10:58 am | Comments (0)
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Nathan Grubaugh’s lab at Yale School of Public Health discovered the region’s first two cases last week of the new “UK” variant of Covid-19. In the following article, he addresses the facts and myths about this new variant:
Rivera Reelected Ed Board Prez
by | Jan 12, 2021 10:23 am | Comments (4)
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Board of Education President Yesenia Rivera.
Yesenia Rivera will spend another year as the president of the New Haven Board of Education.
The board reappointed her and its two other officers on three separate 4 – 3 votes on Monday evening. The Board of Education president helps set the agenda for each meeting and is responsible for maintaining orderly meetings.
Parent Group Slams Reopening Plan
by | Jan 11, 2021 12:55 pm | Comments (19)
New Haven shouldn’t be reopneing its elementary schools at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, argues a parent advocacy group.
Plans Set For W. Rock, QSTEM Students
by | Jan 6, 2021 10:25 am | Comments (3)
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Class at Quinnipiac STEM School.
West Rock and Quinnipiac students who want to start learning in-person will have that option on Feb. 17, one month after other New Haven elementary schoolers.
Administrators Tuesday evening revealed those and other details to families at two schools set to shutter permanently after this school year: West Rock STREAM Academy and Quinnipiac Real World Math STEM School (Q‑STEM).
Alders Sign Off On $322K HR Contract
by | Jan 5, 2021 2:38 pm | Comments (2)
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Monday night’s Board of Alders virtual meeting.
The Board of Alders unanimously signed off on a four-year, $322,142 human resources software contract that the Board of Education claims will improve the school system’s recruitment of Black teachers and will streamline the onboarding of new employees.
W. Rock, Quinnipiac Schools Closing
by | Jan 4, 2021 11:27 pm | Comments (13)
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Kelly Inga with class at Quinnipiac STEM School.
New Haven does not plan to reopen either West Rock or Quinnipiac schools after the Covid-19 pandemic is over.
New Covid Testing Site Opens
by | Jan 4, 2021 6:10 pm | Comments (8)
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Board of Public Health Commissioner Darnell Young getting his city-administered vaccine last week.
New Haveners have a new place to get tested quick for Covid-19.
Consensus: Reform, Don’t Abolish SROs
by | Jan 3, 2021 6:21 pm | Comments (2)
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Black Lives Matters protest (pictured) sought school-cop abolition.
A committee formed in the wake of this summer’s Black Lives Matter protests seems to have reached a consensus: Police officers should stay in public schools, with changes to how they operate.
Schools Plan Partial Return To Classroom
by | Dec 31, 2020 9:52 pm | Comments (77)
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Supt. Iline Tracey, at right, checks conditions at Bishop Woods School in October with Mayor Justin Elicker and Asst. Principal Flo Crisci.
After 10 months at home, New Haven elementary school students are to return to in-person learning four days a week in mid-January.
Superintendent Iline Tracey made that announcement in a letter posted on the Board of Education website on New Year’s Eve.
Bearing Gifts, Riverside Checks In On Teen Parents
by | Dec 24, 2020 10:37 am | Comments (2)
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Kayla Folk didn’t expect to be able to buy her son a gift for Christmas. Then her principal showed up at her door Wednesday bearing gifts.
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City Serves Masks Along With Meals At Covid Hotspot
by | Dec 23, 2020 5:52 pm | Comments (1)
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Mayor Justin Elicker lends a hand at Wednesday’s pre-holiday distribution.
As the holidays approach, city staff distributed 7,000 masks to Fair Haveners Wednesday to prevent the spread of Covid in one of the city’s hotspots.
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