Kent Pierce

1 week ago | wtnh.com | Kent Pierce

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH) —There were sirens, gunshots and injured victims. If it looked like a mass shooting at Kegwin Middle School in Middletown, that was the plan for a multi-agency drill designed to simulate a worst-case scenario. “Dispatch to all units: Active shooter at Kegwin school,” is how the emergency radio broadcast began. It sounded all too real, and that was the idea.

1 week ago | wtnh.com | Kent Pierce

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTNH) — The state celebrated National IEP Writing Day on Monday. IEP stands for Individualized Education Program, and those programs form the backbone of special education in Connecticut. But in celebrating the day, experts are also talking about how the state’s special education system is badly in need of reform. Just two months ago, Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill allocating an extra $40 million for special education.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Kent Pierce

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTNH) — The state celebrated National IEP Writing Day on Monday. IEP stands for Individualized Education Program, and those programs form the backbone of special education in Connecticut. But in celebrating the day, experts are also talking about how the state’s special education system is badly in need of reform. Gov. Ned Lamont signs $40M special education funding bill Just two months ago, Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill allocating an extra $40 million for special education.

1 week ago | wtnh.com | Kent Pierce

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — He saved hundreds of people from the Nazis in the 1940s, then lived out his life here in Connecticut. You probably don’t know his name though- which is something a local college professor is leading an effort to change, advocating for creating a day dedicated to Varian Fry. Today, America has many memorials to the Holocaust, but when it began, hardly any Americans knew about it.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Kent Pierce

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — He saved hundreds of people from the Nazis in the 1940s, then lived out his life here in Connecticut. You probably don’t know his name though- which is something a local college professor is leading an effort to change, advocating for creating a day dedicated to Varian Fry. After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left.