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Jack Paulishen, an award-winning teacher at James Hillhouse High School, didn’t mince words: “As some of you know, I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma this past August, and part of me knows that I would not be getting this award if I didn’t have cancer. Having said that, if I was running this fundraiser (which I have in the past) I’d give me an award too. (Who wouldn’t buy a $25 ticket for a guy who has cancer? LOL.)”
After listening to 40 passionate speeches over four hours, Mayor Toni Harp proclaimed herself “not opposed” to a controversial proposed financial partnership between Achievement First (AF) charter network and the Board of Ed to create an experimental school called Elm City Imagine. But she added she is “not ready to sign on the dotted line” until kinks are worked out.
Achievement First (AF) charter network sent a letter to the New Haven Board of Education with 50 signatures from community leaders in support of the proposed charter school Elm City Imagine — in advance of Monday night’s scheduled board discussion on whether the New Haven Public Schools should serve as a financial partner.
The Southern Connecticut State University Fighting Owl T‑shirts hung big on the shoulders of (in the front row) little Samia Virga, Alberto Cosme, and Melanie Peralta.
Corey and Jae Rossman are drawn to Strong School in part because Lego blocks are integrated into the science curriculum. But they worry their son won’t be placed in the kindergarten class there, or in any of his other top choices.
Career High School biology teacher Terrence McTague said he is “frustrated” by seeing “such great things” happen in his underfunded school go unappreciated while the “billionaires’ boys club” throws money to charter schools.
A black male seventh-grader was considered for expulsion last year for assault using a dangerous weapon — burning a student with a hot screwdriver after heating it with a lighter.
As other students read through their own worksheets, Natenen Conde sprang from her seat and rushed up to her principal with a declaration: “I finished everything.”
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Jan 30, 2015 9:49 am
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As the national touring company of the latest Broadway production of Matilda forms up for its debut at the Shubert Theatre this spring, the talented second-graders at the Worthington Hooker School on Canner Street made their own contribution, a Matilda spin-off production.
The president of the teachers union sent a letter urging union teachers not to support a proposed Board of Education financial partnership with Achievement First (AF) charter on an experimental new school.
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Jan 26, 2015 4:24 pm
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Lazlo Sedenszki, a junior at Metropolitan Business Academy, was the only student in the room who admitted to having ever “vaped.” But everyone in the room said they knew someone who had tried it.
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Jan 26, 2015 8:50 am
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Johnson and McClellan discuss “restorative” practices.
A proposed code of conduct would keep kids in school rather than suspend or expel them, requiring them to work through their issues rather than punishing them for acting out.
Update 5 p.m. Friday: Superintendent Garth Harries said the Board of Education has decided to postpone discussion on Elm City Imagine until a later date, likely the subsequent full board meeting Feb. 9.
The Achievement First (AF) charter organization is taking steps to start a new experimental school — while its proposed financial partner, New Haven Public Schools, hasn’t yet officially decided to participate.
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Jan 20, 2015 9:19 am
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Torre, at left: 26 for 26 in 2014.
Johnston: 20 for 26.
If a school principal calculated the New Haven’s Board of Ed attendance records, President Carlos Torre would get a gold star for showing up to class. Alex Johnston would advance to the next grade, but with a “needs improvement” warning.
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Jan 16, 2015 8:58 am
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New Haven’s superintendent unveiled plans for school reform’s next phase — offering individualized orientation programs for transient students, getting two-thirds of students on a career or college track, and building more “wraparound” services.
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Jan 14, 2015 3:58 pm
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New Haven Public School teachers and Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute seminar leaders — members of the Yale faculty — gathered to discuss the program’s seminars, application process, and curricular and professional development opportunities.
The following account was contributed by the program’s Josiah Brown.
An Achievement First principal-in-residence, Michelle Bonora, expected to gradually ease into her first job as principal with the help of a mentor. She started Monday as the new interim principal of Troup Magnet School — a far from gradual transition.
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Jan 12, 2015 9:17 am
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First-graders work with counting blocks at BTWA.
After an uphill battle to launch, Booker T. Washington Academy is settling into its building on Greene Street with plans to stay longer than planned. Leislani Nunez, meanwhile, has plans of her own — to stay at the school each day longer than her mom needs her to.
Barbara Riley, the only woman to head Westville’s private Hopkins School in its 355-year-history, has announced that she will step down at the end of the next school year.
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Ana Rodriguez got reports of two weekend break-ins in one month at Clinton Avenue School. The computers were not ransacked but the teachers’ vending machine was.
The principal soon realized the burglars were her own students, in search of food and a place to spend the night.
