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Thousands haven't shown up for school this year in CT. Where are the students? Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, CTMirror.org FacebookTwitterEmail Third grade literacy instructor Katelyn Battinelli talks with students about their pandemic-related fears on the first day of in-person learning for five days per week at Stark Elementary School on March 10, 2021 in Stamford, Connecticut. Stamford Public Schools, like many school districts nationwide, are returning to full time in-school learning as pandemic restrictions begin to ease.John Moore / Getty Images Editor’s Note: On March 15, 2020, Gov. Ned La...

Editor’s Note: On March 15, 2020, Gov. Ned Lamont ordered all schools in Connecticut closed due to the pandemic. In the months that followed, learning moved online and many schools still haven’t reopened to full-time classroom instruction. On the one year anniversary of this event, we examine the impact a year of disrupted learning has had on the state’s children.   On his first day as the nation’s education secretary, Miguel Cardona claimed the spotlight as he and the first lady toured an elementary school in his hometown, about one year after COVID-19 first disrupted the lives of...

Child care workers urged to get vaccinated in push to reopen schools, boost day care enrollment News 12 Staff Updated on:Mar 12, 2021, 7:03pm EST Hundreds of day care workers in Danbury are getting vaccinated against the coronavirus Friday and Saturday as the race begins to get child care workers across Connecticut vaccinated by the end of the month. Around 200 child care workers received their shots at a makeshift clinic at Rogers Middle School. Gov. Ned Lamont stopped by Friday, urging workers to get vaccinated. "When we're talking about educators, just remember -- we're also talking about...

Connecticut summer camps can open under new coronavirus regulations but challenges remain Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant © Photo by Brad Horrigan | bhorrigan@courant.com/Hartford Courant/TNS A Winding Trails Day Camp activity back in 2018. The camp will be open this year but must follow social distancing and other guidelines. Gov. Ned Lamont called on summer camps and festivals to begin planning for the upcoming season in his latest COVID safety guidelines issued last week. Overnight camps, which were closed last year, are likely to reopen. Camps have been told to exp...

The state is asking you to wait a few days if you are in the 55+ category. Author: Matt Caron Updated: 5:16 PM EST March 1, 2021 HARTFORD, Conn — On Monday, March 1st, another 660,000 Connecticut residents became eligible to receive the COVID vaccine. But the demand continues to outpace the supply. VAMS and the CT 211 vaccine appointment assistance line were inundated with people. The state is asking you to wait a few days if you are in the 55+ category. Let’s start with the numbers. Here’s who’s eligible. 500,000 residents age 55 and over and 160,000 e...