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New Haven superintendent warns of possible layoffs as the district looks to work around an $11.8 million budget deficit
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — For months now, many school districts across Connecticut have been sounding the alarm about significant budget deficits, resulting in cuts for next year. The state’s second largest school district, New Haven, is facing an $11.8 million deficit. “Everything is on the table. And it’s...
Middletown teacher named CT PTA’s Outstanding Educational Leader for 2024
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A fifth-grade teacher at Spencer School in Middletown has been named the Connecticut Parent Teacher Association’s Outstanding Educational Leader for 2024. Jennifer Gudelski is the recipient of the award, as was announced in a release on Friday from Middletown Public Schools. Gudelski was nominated for...
Yondr Pouch controversy
MANCHESTER, Conn. — Story by Liliana Hernandez and Kaylee Cormier, Manchester High School. The new policy implementing Yondr pouches, requires all kids to store their phones during school hours. A Yondr pouch is a small, lockable fabric pouch designed to temporarily store electronic devices. While some students and teachers appreciate the initiative to minimize distractions and enhance focus in the classroom, others have concerns about the potential challenges and push back from students who are accustomed to daily screen time. Students are also worried when it comes to not having communication during an emergency. Through all this controversy this news story aims to highlight all of the effects from the Yondr pouches on Illing middle school’s students, teachers, and overall community.
Lyme-Old Lyme High School graduates 106
Bill Rayder, commencement speaker: “I’ve had over 2,000 driver’s ed students, and not a single one has had an accident under my watch. I think that might be because I wore my lucky socks everyday. Or maybe it’s the brake pedal on my side of the car. In my career, I’ve taught over 20,000 students. That’s a lot of laps around the gym, a lot of health quizzes, and way too many attempts to do K-turns. It’s also a lot of lives touched and memories made.”
Hispanic Alliance recognizes region’s ‘best and brightest’ with scholarships
New London ― The longer David Galvez stared down the start of his final year at Eastern Connecticut State University in 2022, the more his anxiety grew. The New London native and Saint Bernard School graduate had been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Hispanic Alliance of Southeastern Connecticut for his freshman year, but tuition money was tight again.
Two proposed Norwich elementary schools receive wetlands approvals
Norwich ― The first two new elementary schools in a $385 million school construction project received their first local permit approvals Thursday, with plans showing how the two schools would be situated on their properties. The Inland Wetlands, Watercourses and Conservation Commission approved wetlands applications for the proposed new...
Three Rivers Middle Magnet senior has her sights set on a career on the water
Editor’s note: The Day publishes an annual series of stories spotlighting outstanding seniors graduating from the region’s 16 public and private high schools. Norwich ― On any given weekend, 18-year-old Annalea Parker can be found aboard the steamboat Sabino reciting for Mystic Seaport visitors a bit of history as they pass the museum’s fleet of vessels docked along the Mystic River.
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