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5 days ago | 
ctinsider.com | Crystal Elescano
NEW HAVEN -- This summer, the New Haven Public School district is spending $329,849 to upgrade the cooling units at Ross Woodward, aiming to spare students and staff from hot classroom temperatures the next school year. Classrooms in New Haven district schools have reached uncomfortably high temperatures this year, prompting the district to take action. The cooling units at Ross Woodward need upgrading, or there will be no air conditioning on the second and third floors.
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1 week ago | 
ctinsider.com | Crystal Elescano
NEW HAVEN -- Although the New Haven Board of Education secured $5 million of its $23 million budget increase request from the Board of Alders on Tuesday, 129 potential layoffs remain on the table unless additional funding comes through from the state.
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1 week ago | 
ctinsider.com | Crystal Elescano
NEW HAVEN -- High school students walked out of their classrooms, boarded city buses, and gathered on the New Haven Green to protest the amount of the district's funding from the state of Connecticut. "We protested because we want funding. We don't want our schools to fall apart," Ambar Santiago-Rojas, a senior at the Engineering and Science University Magnet School, said.
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1 week ago | 
ctinsider.com | Crystal Elescano
MERIDEN -- The district will not fill 12 staff positions for the 2025-26 school year because it got less money than requested, officials said. "A lot of the 12 positions are the result of retirements or expiring contracts," said Michael Grove, Meriden's assistant superintendent.
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1 week ago | 
ctinsider.com | Crystal Elescano
City and school officials are exploring whether the long-abandoned former Meriden-Wallingford Hospital on Cook Avenue could become the future home of a new Casmir Pulaski Elementary School, most recently approving a nearly $40,000 study for the project. The building was left empty in 1998 when the hospital rebranded as MidState Medical Center and moved into a new 94-bed facility at 435 Lewis Ave. in Meriden.
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1 week ago | 
ctinsider.com | Crystal Elescano
MERIDEN -- Meriden native and former U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona launched a national consulting organization dedicated to helping educational systems implement innovative, student-centered strategies for leadership development, school improvement and equity. "I want to be available to support across the country in areas that are in great need, whether it's Democrat states or Republican states," Cardona said.
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2 weeks ago | 
ctinsider.com | Crystal Elescano
NEW HAVEN -- After months of issues with custodial vendor S.J. Services, New Haven Public Schools has decided to switch companies and bring in a new vendor that will hire part-time custodians. ServiceMaster Elite Janitorial Services, based in Ohio, will work with the district under a $5.4 million contract to take over custodial duties. The new contract goes into effect July 1 after the current contract with S.J. Services expires.
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2 weeks ago | 
middletownpress.com | Crystal Elescano
Daniella Dennis, of New Britain, graduated this spring with her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Connecticut and credited much of her success to the federal TRIO program. Now, that program is at risk of losing federal funding. During her sophomore year at New Britain High School, Dennis applied for the Upward Bound program at Wesleyan University.
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2 weeks ago | 
ctinsider.com | Crystal Elescano
Daniella Dennis, of New Britain, graduated this spring with her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Connecticut and credited much of her success to the federal TRIO program. Now, that program is at risk of losing federal funding. During her sophomore year at New Britain High School, Dennis applied for the Upward Bound program at Wesleyan University. "I started Upward Bound going into my sophomore year, all the way through high school, and it was very monumental for me," Dennis said.
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3 weeks ago | 
ctinsider.com | Crystal Elescano
MERIDEN -- The school board is about to determine if the former Meriden-Wallingford Hospital site at 1 King Place can become the new Pulaski Elementary School with the help of a nearly $40,000 study. The board is funding the study, which will cost $38,170 and also develop conceptual project scopes and budgets for renovations to Thomas Hooker Elementary School.
