Ridgefield BOE trying to change how state reimburses schools for COVID Greg Marku FacebookTwitterEmail A school bus heads towards Ridgefield High School on Thursday afternoon at the end of the school day. January 21, 2016, in Ridgefield, Conn.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media RIDGEFIELD — The school board is trying to get the state to rethink its COVID reimbursements, saying the current model focuses more on demographics than actual districts’ costs. The board created a working group at this week’s meeting to come up with a new reimbursement model the district can present to the state. Board members Tina Malhotra and Liz Floegel, as well as board Chairman Jonathan Steckler will serve on it.