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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.
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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.
by | Jan 6, 2025 9:23 am | Comments (1)
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Hillhouse soars at latest Saulsbury Invitational.
Coach Saulsbury (right) with Olympic gold medalist Alexis Holmes and invitational founder Neil Richardson.
Under the bright lights of the Floyd Little Athletic Center, shoes squeaked on hardwood. Bodies collided and scrambled for loose balls. The 800 people in the stands groaned over every missed jumper.
The scintillating affair, between the Hillhouse High School Academics and the New London Whalers, was just one matchup in the annual Robert Saulsbury Basketball Invitational.
by | Jan 6, 2025 9:17 am | Comments (0)
Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School’s (BRAMS) darkrooms are now mold-free, thanks to an “urgent” cleanup completed during winter break.
by | Jan 3, 2025 11:43 am | Comments (2)
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Yours truly, proud inductee in the Lee High Hall of Fame.
New Haven’s Richard C. Lee High School (1964 – 1986) was an experiment.
by | Jan 3, 2025 9:38 am | Comments (4)
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Porto working as building manager during the school day ...
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... and as Wilbur Cross softball coach after class.
Andrew Porto takes pride in his daily work keeping preschool classrooms and hallways clean on Goffe Street — before heading across town to coach Wilbur Cross’s softball team.
“This job has been great to me,” he said during a recent interview about his three decades as a New Haven custodian and his two decades as a mentor for public school athletes. And there’s so much more he still wants to do.
by | Dec 20, 2024 2:09 pm | Comments (13)
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Outgoing school board Prez Rivera (pictured) wanted another term; Mayor Elicker wanted "new energy and a new perspective."
Board of Education President Yesenia Rivera was interested in serving another four-year term on the school board — but the mayor decided otherwise, so now she’s getting ready to leave.
by | Dec 19, 2024 2:18 pm | Comments (3)
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This Citizen Contribution was submitted by Army Sergeant First Class (Retired) Lisa Rodriguez.
This month, James Hillhouse High School was honored to be a stop on this year’s Wreaths Across America convoy along their way to Arlington National Cemetery.
The school was tapped because of Hillhouse JROTC’s yearly participation in the National Wreaths Across America Day wreath-laying ceremony over the last four years. The convoy started in Maine and traveled for six days, making three stops each day at designated locations until they reached Arlington. They stopped at Hillhouse on Dec. 10.
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by | Dec 19, 2024 9:25 am | Comments (4)
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Cross club takes out the trash.
The banks of the Mill River are now that much cleaner — thanks to a small but mighty group of Wilbur Cross Environmental Club members who braved the cold to clean up eight full bags’ worth of trash.
by | Dec 18, 2024 3:41 pm | Comments (3)
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21 Wooster Pl.: Some desks and books, no people.
A former school-turned-administrative office building in Wooster Square is still empty of people, though it may soon have furniture for future office workers to use.
by | Dec 17, 2024 9:37 am | Comments (4)
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Mrs. G in class: "All group members' voices should be contributing."
A brick house with a raised foundation and a hardwood front porch emerged from the minds of Augusta Lewis Troup School science students — as they learned about designing resilient housing that can withstand strong storms.
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by | Dec 16, 2024 1:31 pm | Comments (3)
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Rolanda Booker with Supt. Madeline Negrón.
A former New Haven teacher who became a principal in New Britain is returning to the city to help the public school district fill vacancies and keep its educators.
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by | Dec 13, 2024 6:07 pm | Comments (18)
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School board nominee Daniel Juárez: "I believe that as a parent, I would be able to advocate for students and families."
Mayor Justin Elicker has selected a Yale fundraising coordinator and father of two New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) students to be the next member of the Board of Education.
According to Friday’s publication of the agenda for Monday’s next Board of Alders meeting, Elicker has picked Daniel Juárez to replace Yesenia Rivera on the school board.
Continue reading ‘Mayor Taps Yale Fundraiser, NHPS Parent For School Board’