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Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org A room that used to be a music room at Harding High School has been switched to a regular classroom because more rooms were needed as students attend class in a smaller size. Harding High School Music Teacher Sheena Graham expects a lot to be different when all of her students come back full-time as the COVID pandemic wanes. Harding and other schools in Bridgeport are going to need more staff to help teachers get students caught up — as well as school counselors, she said. “It’s having all the social-emotional skills, and having additional people in that area,...

Superintendent: Bridgeport students at no infection risk from school-based vaccination site FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 The COVID-19 vaccination clinic in the gymnasium of Central High School, in Bridgeport, Conn. Jan. 20, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of5 A nurse delivers a shot of COVID-19 vaccine into the arm of a patient at the vaccination clinic set up in the gymnasium of Central High School, in Bridgeport, Conn. Jan. 20, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5 A sign points the way to the weekly vaccination clinic held in the ...

'Really good news:' local educators respond to news teachers will be vaccine eligible next Cayla Bamberger FacebookTwitterEmail A nurse delivers a shot of COVID-19 vaccine into the arm of a patient at Central High School’s vaccine clinic in Bridgeport, Conn. Jan. 20, 2021. Teachers will be eligible to sign up for vaccines beginning March 1 under new orders from Gov. Ned Lamont.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media Local school district representatives said they were pleased that teachers were going to be getting COVID-19 vaccines beginning next month now that the governor has expanded the s...

Bridgeport's school board will debate a name change for Columbus School FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 A view the statue of Christopher Columbus in front of Columbus Elementary School in Bridgeport, Conn., on Tuesday Dec. 22, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of5 A view of Columbus Elementary School in Bridgeport, Conn., on Tuesday Dec. 22, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of5 5of5 The move comes after months of urging by board member Joseph Sokolovic. Sokolovic first raised the issue in June, after everything tied to the Colum...

Could CT's top educator become US secretary of education? Local officials sure hope so. FacebookTwitterEmail CardonaCassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut Media / Connecticut education commissioner Miguel Cardona is reportedly a finalist to become U.S. secretary of education in President-elect Joe Biden’s new administration. A Washington Post report on Wednesday named Cardona, as one of two top candidates for the job being vacated by Betsy DeVos. The other name mentioned was Leslie T. Fenwick, dean emeritus of the Howard University School of Education. It is unclear when a decision will be anno...