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Absentee ballots available for vote on Portland budget plan FacebookTwitterEmail Portland Town HallHearst Connecticut Media file PORTLAND With the town’s $36,151,533 proposed budget set to go to a townwide referendum May 10, absentee ballots now are available in the town clerk’s office, according to Clerk Ryan J. Curley. Once the Board of Selectmen adopted its proposed spending total, Curley said he was on the phone to the company that prints the ballots with fast results. “They got them here in less than 24 hours,” Curley said. The proposed budget includes $22,182,879 for education and $13,968,654 for General Government (all non-education spending) as well as debt service and capital expenditures. ....
Middletown mayor praises Lamont plan to expand COVID-19 vaccination eligibility middletownpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from middletownpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Portland schools to use some fed funding to continue remote learning FacebookTwitterEmail The district has received a $312,000 grant as part of a federally funded coronavirus relief package. Approximately 200 students this academic year have chosen to opt out of in-person learning, Superintendent of Schools Charles E. Britton said Tuesday. “This year, students have been allowed to opt-out for whatever reason,” Britton said. In most instances, they did so because no vaccine has as yet been approved for children, and in particular for “children with other ailments,” Britton said. Portland Superintendent of Schools Charles BrittonJeff Mill / Hearst Connecticut Media file Britton said that with so many students opting out of in-school learning, the district was compelled to, in effect, “create two parallel school systems.” ....
Portland schools delay reopening with educators keeping an eye on COVID data FacebookTwitterEmail Portland town sign.Digital First Media PORTLAND - The decision to delay the re-opening of schools until Jan. 19 was made in part because of rising numbers of COVID-19 infections after end-of-the-year holidays gatherings, officials said. The Board of Education voted 7-0 to resume in-school learning on Jan. 19 for students in kindergarten through sixth grades after hearing from Russell Melmed, the health director for the Chatham Health District. High school and middle school will continue with the hybrid model learning until Feb. 1. The district compiles data on infection rates in its member communities on a two-week basis. ....
K-6 students to return to classrooms Jan. 19 FacebookTwitterEmail PORTLAND Students in kindergarten through sixth grade will return to schools in person beginning Jan.19, officials said. Middle and high school students will operate under a hybrid model beginning Jan. 19, alternating between in-person and remote learning, and will transition to full in-school learning Feb. 1, the Board of Education decided during a special meeting Thursday evening. The board acted on a revised recommendation from Superintendent of Schools Charles E. Britton and after speaking with Russell Melmed, health director of the Chatham Health District. jmill@middletownpress.com ....