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Tardiness Targeted In Principal’s First Full Year

1 day ago | theinnercitynews.com | Maya McFadden

by Maya McFaddenIn an effort to cut into chronic absenteeism rates and make sure that teens are showing up to class on time, Hillhouse Principal Dr. Antoine Billy has started handing out business cards — including at a nearby McDonald’s — as he asks the community to keep him in the know about students who skip or aren’t in school when they should be.
NEA Cuts Hit New Haven Hard

1 day ago | theinnercitynews.com | Lucy Gellman

Lucy Gellman, Editor, The Arts Paper newhavenarts.orgYoung cellist Amiel “AJ” Johnson, a sixth grader at Nathan Hale School and a student at Music Haven. Lucy Gellman File Photos. A fledgling collaborative dedicated to arts learning across the state. An exhibition of Indonesian textiles spanning centuries of craft. Direct support for teaching artists and after-school homework help for the students they work with. A production of Zora Neale Hurston’s Spunk that will open in October.
Connecticut Nonprofits Warn of Closures, Call For Immediate State Funding Relief

2 days ago | theinnercitynews.com | Karla Ciaglo

by Karla Ciaglo CTNewsJunkieLeaders from Connecticut’s nonprofit sector delivered a unified message to legislators Wednesday: Vital human services are on the brink of collapse without increased investment from the state. Gian-Carl Casa, president and CEO of the CT Community Nonprofit Alliance, and Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, D-West Hartford, were joined at the Legislative Office Building by representatives from some of Connecticut’s largest nonprofit organizations.
A woman who called a Black child a slur has raised a backlash but also thousands of dollars

2 days ago | theinnercitynews.com | Terry Tang |Sarah Raza

By TERRY TANG and SARAH RAZANOTE CONTENTS: This story contains a term that refers to a racial slur. A video showing a Minnesota woman at a playground last week openly admitting to using a racist slur against a Black child has garnered millions of views. Maybe equally viral has been a crowdfunding effort that has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help the woman now relocate her family.
NHPS Brings Budget Plea Back To Hartford

5 days ago | theinnercitynews.com | Maya McFadden

by Maya McFadden The New Haven independentHARTFORD – New Haven’s superintendent and 40 city students traveled to the state Capitol to press the governor to boost education funding and help the school district avoid teacher layoffs. New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) community members issued that message at a Thursday morning press conference in Hartford, where they stood side by side with superintendents and students from seven of Connecticut’s largest school districts.
Cannabis Haul Tallied After Smoke Shop Raids

5 days ago | theinnercitynews.com | Laura Glesby

by Laura Glesby The New Haven independentState consumer protection chief Bryan T. Cafferelli: Consumers beware. Wait… Was that a vanilla milk chocolate Häagen-Dazs ice cream bar selling for $5.99? Or a 36.25 percent THC-infused “Häagen-Za” bar selling for $59.99? What looked at first like an American ice cream staple was actually a highly potent cannabis edible, allegedly on the shelves of the toy-store-imitating smoke shop “Vape R Us” on Wednesday.
City Details Grand Roundabout, Plaza Plan

5 days ago | theinnercitynews.com | Laura Glesby

by Laura Glesby The New Haven independentWhen Ana Juárez imagines a planned new pedestrian plaza at Grand Avenue and Poplar Street, she sees rustling trees, singing birds, and a safe place for kids to eat ice cream. When fellow Fair Havener Kimberly A. imagines that same place, she wants to see fresh fruit and jumbo-sized board games — but worries that parking and unwelcoming loitering could overtake the area instead.
Alleged Killer Arrested In Boston

5 days ago | theinnercitynews.com | Thomas Breen

by Thomas BreenA dispute at a Carmel Street tattoo party saw a 27-year-old New Havener allegedly shoot and kill 45-year-old Gregory Perez — before wracking up a handful of other warrants and fleeing to Boston, where city cops ultimately found him a year later and arrested him for murder. Contributed photoThe late Gregory Perez (center). Police Chief Karl Jacobson and Asst.
Education, Voting and AI Bills Advance Out of Judiciary Committee

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | Viktoria Sundqvist

by Viktoria SundqvistHARTFORD, CT — A bill increasing resources for special education in Connecticut advanced out of the Judiciary Committee Tuesday, despite objections from Republican lawmakers over associated costs. Senate Bill 1, “An Act Increasing Resources for Students, Schools and Special Education,” was introduced by the Education Committee with the goal of improving the quality of education for the state’s children.
Flavored Ice Served - As Teacher Cuts Loom

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | Maya McFadden

by Maya McFadden… as she joins Truman’s Claribel Espino, Carmen Padilla-DeChalus, and Principal Aurea Jaca to say thanks to teachers. Kelsey Olson’s seventh- and eighth-grade students clapped and cheered to celebrate their math teacher as New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) Supt. Madeline Negrón handed her a cup of Puerto Rican flavored ice.