by | Jun 9, 2015 4:02 pm | Comments (6)
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The Board of Education formally rated Superintendent Garth Harries a notch above “effective” — giving him an average score of 3.375 out of 5 in this year’s performance evaluation.
by | Jun 9, 2015 8:18 am | Comments (2)
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James Jeffrey as Prince Hal and Jamari Linen as Falstaff.
Arguably the most Shakespeare-saturated K‑8 school in the New Haven system is one whose theme is science and technology.
Continue reading ‘Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears A Crown, Dude’
by | Jun 8, 2015 4:28 pm | Comments (1)
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Children at East Rock Community Magnet School gathered in a field Monday to witness a ceremony that would certify a habitat right in their backyard as an urban oasis.
Continue reading ‘East Rock School Unveils An “Urban Oasis”’
by | Jun 8, 2015 1:57 pm | Comments (0)
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Tony Carnevale (center) with fellow alumni.
Like most schools, the Educational Center for the Arts (ECA) has a long wish list. On Saturday, some of those wishes were granted by genies in the form of alumni and parents.
by | Jun 6, 2015 2:42 am | Comments (14)
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Debby Sullivan, Garzon and Kim Sullivan read results at 1:30 a.m.
Kimberly Sullivan and Coral Ortiz will be the first high school students to sit on New Haven’s Board of Education, following a pre-computer-age-style hand count that lasted 10 hours.
Continue reading ‘Sullivan, Ortiz Win Student Ed Board Seats’
by | Jun 5, 2015 11:51 am | Comments (8)
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Edward Joyner brought the “Comer Method” to schools around the country. Now he wants to turn his attention to his home city’s schools.
Continue reading ‘Child-Development Pioneer Seeks Ed Board Seat’
by | Jun 4, 2015 11:48 am | Comments (0)
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“Jesus?! Like in-the-sky Jesus?” asked a bewildered man on the Lower Green as he approached Jesus Garzon’s campaign table, advertising his candidacy for the Board of Education’s student seat as a first-ever election drew nearer.
“Yup, ‘Vote for Jesus!’” he replied.
Continue reading ‘Students Make Last Push For Board Of Ed Seats’
by | Jun 3, 2015 11:25 am | Comments (0)
A New Haven magnet school is mourning the deaths of a 5‑year-old boy and his 7‑year-old sister, who were found dead Tuesday in their East Haven home.
by | Jun 3, 2015 10:12 am | Comments (0)
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Sullivan (left), a candidate in the first Board of Ed student election.
At a campaign event replete with free doughnuts and dancing to the Cupid Shuffle, a candidate for New Haven’s school board wanted voters to know her plans for reforming secondary education — and, just as importantly, that an election is taking place at all.
by | Jun 1, 2015 8:22 am | Comments (6)
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Then-freshman Aaliyah Staton in year one of the transition.
A three-year union-run experiment is coming to an end at High School in the Community (HSC), and it remains to be seen who’ll be in charge come September.
Continue reading ‘HSC’s Future Course Remains Up In The Air’
by | May 27, 2015 12:06 pm | Comments (0)
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The Eagles with coaches, back row: Rich Kirkland, left, Andrew Marullo, center, and Marc Villalongue.
Headed to the biggest flag rugby tournament in the country on June 6 will be the only Connecticut team invited to play in the NYC Rugby Cup — the Newhallville-based, Lincoln-Bassett Community School Eagles rugby team.
by | May 27, 2015 8:11 am | Comments (15)
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The mayor lobbied Walker, pictured, one on one.
For the first time in decades, New Haven’s legislative body voted to kill a new school, a plan to build a $45 million home for the Strong 21st Century Communications Magnet and Lab.
Continue reading ‘Final Budget Passed; Strong School Plan Killed’
by | May 26, 2015 4:32 pm | Comments (5)
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Carlos Torre cast one vote in favor of a budget, then abstained from another — because he was stepping into a new role.
by | May 26, 2015 7:54 am | Comments (1)
The United Way sent in these photos and this write-up.
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by | May 22, 2015 3:01 pm | Comments (33)
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As officials scurried behind closed doors to revive a plan to build a new $45 million home for Strong School, Susan Bonanno ventured into the current property’s “playground.”
by | May 20, 2015 1:35 pm | Comments (6)
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Martin Clark is campaigning hard on two issues: smart boards, and smart sex.
Continue reading ‘Student Ed Board Candidates Make Their Case’
by | May 19, 2015 5:17 pm | Comments (0)
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Two budding housing designers were hard at work on Orchard Street and Legion Avenue.
by | May 19, 2015 12:19 pm | Comments (0)
Can you believe it’s been 30 years?
by | May 19, 2015 8:00 am | Comments (19)
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Supporters of a new $45 million home for Strong 21st Century Communications Magnet and Lab School pressed a reluctant Board of Alders, whose leaders remained firm in opposition while several others spoke up in support.
by | May 15, 2015 4:12 pm | Comments (0)
Hooker eighth-grader Melissa Cisija was acting out again. Seated against a backdrop of her favorite possessions — a globe, rocking softly to and fro from its stony shelf, an eyeglass, and a fork, formerly known as a dinglehopper — she crossed her arms, shook her head, and glared at the audience before her.
“I just want to belong!,” she exclaimed.
by | May 14, 2015 8:09 pm | Comments (32)
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Paolillo: “We’re not saying no.”
A day after alders voted to shoot down a $45 million new school and to deny her six new positions, Mayor Toni Harp accused them of speaking out of both sides of their mouths when it comes to creating jobs.
by | May 14, 2015 2:55 pm | Comments (10)
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Paolillo: No reward for “radio silence.”
In a show of flexing its oversight muscles, the Board of Alders Finance Committee rejected new positions proposed by the mayor and put some departments’ money in escrow as it advanced the $506 million proposed new fiscal year budget.
by | May 12, 2015 2:42 pm | Comments (1)
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What I learned on the first morning of this year’s citywide Science Fair as judges visited 235 exhibits mounted by public-school students from pre‑K through 12 grade:
by | May 12, 2015 12:03 pm | Comments (2)
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Coral Ortiz felt pretty “connected” to the discussion topic at her first ever Board of Education meeting: how to improve bilingual education in New Haven.
by | May 11, 2015 4:10 pm | Comments (2)
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Board of Ed President Carlos Torre with Wentzell.
When new state Education Commissioner Dianna Wentzell dropped by Hillhouse High School, she received an assignment: Find more money for New Haven.