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District officials started talking about renovating “The Dome”—the planetarium at New Canaan High School—back in 2016, according to Superintendent of Schools Dr. Bryan Luizzi. They had a couple of false starts, including a key retirement and then COVID-19, but once they were clear of the pandemic, “we really committed to doing this, because we really […]

A community is mourning the loss of a bright young man who graduated from a high school in Connecticut last year.New, updated report: Young New Canaan HS Grad Remembered As Talented Musician After Untimely DeathThe death of Toby Woods…

The new school start times schedule that took effect last fall following years of discussion and analysis has received positive feedback for its intended outcomes, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Bryan Luizzi said this week.  Citing the results of a survey launched in the spring, Luizzi told Board of Education members during their regular meeting Monday […]

NEW CANAAN — The names on the list of the town’s top paid employees remained unchanged...

Hispanic custodian Martha Ochoa is suing the New Canaan Board of Education alleging sex,...

New Canaan’s legislative body last week approved a budget of $166.6 million for fiscal year 2024, a 3.12% increase over current spending. The Town Council at its April 5 meeting voted 12-0 in favor of the budget, which takes effect July 1.  Chair Steve Karl said in a town-issued press release that it’s been “a […]

Superintendent Martin Semmel led the school salary list for 2022, with other administrators rounding out the top of the list.

Saying it will make New Canaan Public Schools even safer, the Board of Education is seeking to hire an additional “campus monitor” for next academic year. Currently, the district has nine campus monitors at the public schools—one at each elementary school and three each at Saxe Middle School and New Canaan High School. The tenth […]

Based on the number of babies born to New Canaan families last year, the public schools are poised in the 2026-27 academic year to welcome a kindergarten class larger than the district’s facilities currently can handle, officials say. New Canaan’s 201 known “live births” in 2021, added to the town’s regular move-ins of young families […]

This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Superintendent of Schools Dr. Bryan Luizzi about Renovate the Dome, a public-private partnership to renovate the planetarium at New Canaan High School. Discussed in recent years within the Board of Education and with the town, plans to not only […]