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Vernon's Macary Named Connecticut Superintendent Of the Year By Peers - Vernon, CT - Vernon's education chief has won a major state award.

(Harold F. Cobin) Democratic Mayor Harry Rilling, who is seeking a sixth two-year term, and Republican challenger Vinny Scicchitano focused on economic issu ...

Over 60% of the overall budget will consist of the $119.7 million school budget. Its 3.3 percent increase will be the biggest in the last 12 years. 

The budget plan now goes to Trumbull’s town council. If approved, it would be a roughly 3.5 percent increase from the current one.

The Connecticut State Department of Education recently published the results of the 2021-2022 Next Generation Accountability System and Wilton’s school system received top marks, exceeding state averages in all measured categories but one.

MIDDLEBURY-SOUTHBURY — Superintendent Joshua Smith and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Carrie Chiappetta provided Region 15 Board of Education members with a detailed accounting of student assessment data at the board’s Monday,

The COVID-19 pandemic had a dramatic impact on science, district officials say. Many students missed out on lab experiences in 2020 as sixth-graders, as the pandemic set in here, when they went out for four months of remote learning for two units of study, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Jill Correnty told members of the Board of […]

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New Canaan has third-lowest per pupil expense in similar districts study Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail New Canaan High School in 2019.Grace Duffield / Hearst Connecticut Media New Canaan prides itself in ranking at the top of the charts when compared to other school districts - except when it comes to per pupil expense. Then, the lower on the chart the better. “Where we may have been 31 or 32 in a few years past here in 2020 we have managed the expenses, I would say quite well, in order...

Cheshire BOE approves new contract for school administrators  Cheshire BOE approves new contract for school administrators  Cheshire stock photos By Mariah Melendez, Cheshire Herald staff CHESHIRE — The Board of Education met last week to approve a new three-year contract for school administrators. Superintendent of Schools Jeff Solan gave a brief overview of the events that followed the rejection of the last contract recommendation, which was present...