Crystal Elescano

2 days ago | ctinsider.com | Crystal Elescano

NEW HAVEN -- On the last day of the school year, teachers at Brennan-Rogers School of Communication and Media were called into the library and informed that the school might be closing. Kristin Kazakewich, a second-grade teacher at Brennan-Rogers, said the last day of school was meant to be a celebration of another successful year, but instead, teachers were met with uncertainty about what would come next. She said this became a pattern - receiving major news right before summer break.

3 days ago | ctinsider.com | Crystal Elescano

NEW HAVEN -- Musician Billy Joel has pledged multiyear support through The Joel Foundation to Yale School of Music's Music in Schools Initiative, strengthening efforts to expand music education in New Haven Public Schools. "We believe in the partnership that has been forged between Yale and New Haven Public Schools. This type of collaboration will serve as an inspiration and model for the many schools that are trying to keep music alive," Joel's wife Alexis Roderick Joel said in a Facebook post.

3 days ago | ctinsider.com | Crystal Elescano

NEW HAVEN -- Facing declining enrollment and budget cuts, the New Haven school district has proposed closing Brennan-Rogers School of Communication and Media, a magnet school to save $2.2 million. "Closing the school is going to be very detrimental to this community," said New Haven Alder Honda Smith, D-30. Article continues below this adSmith said she does not support the proposed school closure, calling it the last remaining urban school in her community.

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Crystal Elescano

NEW HAVEN - The school district plans to declare two vacant school buildings as surplus property and transfer them to the city following a decision not to reopen the schools. Both West Rock STREAM Academy and Quinnipiac Real World Math STEM School remained closed in 2021 after it was determined the HVAC systems could not meet air quality standards after the COVID-19 pandemic, said Justin Harmon, communications and marketing director for the district.

1 week ago | theday.com | Crystal Elescano

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