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Feb. 4, 2021 in Coronavirus, Education, News
Northwest High School. Photo: Clarksville Now
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – A student at Northwest High School started a petition this week calling for the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System to not count students’ grades for the third quarter this school year on account of issues with remote learning.
The change.org petition, called “Save Students Futures and Not Count N3 Grades for CMCSS schools,” was started on Tuesday evening by Aiden Carter, a 17-year-old junior who plays offensive and defensive line for the Northwest Vikings football team.
By Thursday, the petition had garnered over 3,500 signatures.
The petition
More than $600,000 in federal funds directed to Berlin schools
More than $600,000 in federal funds directed to Berlin schools
The state allocated $641,868 to Berlin Public Schools to help offset the impact of COVID-19 crisis. Nadya KorytnikovaÂ
February 04, 2021 08:43AM By Nadya Korytnikova, Record-Journal staff
Berlin Public Schools received $641,868 from the latest wave of federal relief funding.Â
Schools across the state were awarded a total of $492.4 million under the federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds. Over $24 million went to New Britain, Berlin, and Farmington schools.
The funding is designed to allow districts to reduce educational disparities among students that have been further exacerbated from the pandemic, and incorporate additional classroom support, including tutoring and summer school programs.
Stratford schools in line for $4.3 million coronavirus relief check
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The Stratford Board of Education, in Stratford, Conn. July 25, 2016.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
STRATFORD The town’s public schools are in line for $4.3 million in federal funds for coronavirus relief but the money must be used for expenses related to COVID-19 and cannot be used to plug holes in the budget.
School officials told Board of Education members during a budget hearing Wednesday about the grant and that they don’t yet know what they will be spending it on.
“We will be working to do a needs assessment and to determine what our plan is,” Superintendent Janet Robinson said. “Expect a very detailed plan on how this is going to be used.”
State Senator Christine Cohen (D-Guilford) today welcomed the receipt of $492.43 million in federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds for Connecticut, including $2.9 million in federal funding for