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From mentorship to Nintendo Switch raffles, Bridgeport schools see drop in chronic absenteeism FacebookTwitterEmail Desks are in place at a safe social distance in a classroom of Johnson School, in Bridgeport, Conn. Aug. 27, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media BRIDGEPORT — At the Geraldine W. Johnson School in Bridgeport, about a third of the students were repeatedly not showing up for class. It was a trend seen district-wide — with some schools seeing chronic absenteeism rates upward of 50 percent — as the pandemic shifted learning online and took kids out of the classroom. The ...

10-mill drop predicted for Bridgeport tax rate but no additional school money in budget FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Mayor Joe Ganim speaks at a news conference on the Bridgeport Boatworks property, in Bridgeport, Conn. April 5, 2021. Ganim joined Gov. Ned Lamont and other officials to announce a long-term lease agreement between Bridgeport Boatworks and the Hownblower Group, who run a wide variety of water cruises and ferry services.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Bridgeport Schools Superintendent Michael Testani at Convocation. Aug. 26, 2020, Harding High School, B...

What prom and graduation could look like for CT's class of '21 April 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Friends gather for pictures before heading off to Trumbull High School's senior prom in 2019. School districts are debating how to hold prom in 2021.Contributed photo / This year’s class of high school seniors will have a chance to participate in the traditional proms and graduations, although with a twist in most cases. Last year, many proms were canceled and graduations delayed as the coronavirus pandemic entered the U.S. just months before the end of the school year, the traditional time the...

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...