...such plans vary by district. Old Saybrook intends to continue cohorting its students.Superintendent Jan Perruccio said in an email that the district would cohort grades K through 8 by grade and have four classes at the high school. Clinton and Guilford will not be strictly cohorting, and Lyme-Old Lyme and Madison...
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GUILFORD — A group of local parents presented a petition in support of the current Board of Education and spoke in favor of the district’s efforts to increase diversity in the school curriculum. According to Rachel Daniels, a Guilford parent who read the petition at a Board of Education meeting...
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GUILFORD — The Independent Party of Connecticut has endorsed five candidates, including two Democrats, for the Board of Education, in an effort to sidestep rules that would guarantee at least some members of a slate of Republican candidates affiliated with Truth in Education would be seated after the November elections. ...
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...She said she wanted to provide opportunities for the students to come to the board and share their concerns. Connelly, a former teacher in Guilford Public Schools, said she wanted to make sure that teachers were getting the support they needed in the wake of the COVID pandemic. Scholfield said...
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...discrimination…” According to Kendi, “CRT is foundational to his beliefs;” therefore, his book is made CRT toxic; more importantly, discrimination must continue. Does that make any sense? Guilford is involved in such a dispute with claims by a local No Left Turn in Education group that CRT is being used,...
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...to that with a consultant that we would potentially bring on to manage these kinds of programs.” Guilford is also looking at spending some of the money on economic development, like a possible advertising and marketing campaign for the Guilford Green and its businesses, or hosting events on the green....
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...Education, a self-described grassroots movement founded by a group of Guilford parents and community members, proposed the candidates Tim Chamberlain, Danielle Scarpellino, Nick Cusano, Alexandra Passarelli and Bill Maisano. The group organized a talk last month at the Guilford Town Hall. A total of 183 registered Republicans showed up to...
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GUILFORD — The town’s Human Rights Commission is proposing to host an educational session for members of the community interested in learning about Critical Race Theory. The commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to present the proposal to the Board of Selectmen at their August meeting. The speaker would be Angela...
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...dropped the Kenyon to Old Saybrook Bypass, and the widening of the rail corridor near Guilford from a binding record of decision released on July 12, 2017. But NEC Future included plans for a New Rochelle to Green’s Farm Bypass through Fairfield County. At the time, Rebecca Reyes-Alicia, who managed...
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...committee, Rep. Sean Scanlon, D-Guilford, is directing the Lamont administration to undertake another study of how “fair” Connecticut’s tax system is. “Fair” is almost sure to be defined again as something that raises more money for state government. That is the only possible purpose for such a study, since the...
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...they had been students here in Guilford.” Freeman said that many Guilford graduates “walked away feeling like they, in fact, had come away with a really traditional, one-sided version of American history.” Evaluating the curriculum With the guidance of an expert, teachers in Guilford took a look at their curriculum...
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GUILFORD — A crowd of several hundred people gathered at the Guilford Community Center on Thursday evening to listen to a talk warning against the dangers of Critical Race Theory and urging parents to push back against the teaching of systemic racism in the local schools. The talk was organized...
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...a group of predatory worms with a distinctive flat, hammer-shaped head – are often reviled by farmers and gardeners for eating earthworms commonly thought to be good for soil. But despite that reputation, Ridge said the hammerhead worms aren’t a concern, and could even be good news for Guilford, which...
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Madison is hiring two new teachers for the fall. East Lyme needs two kindergarten teachers, two second grade teachers, a social worker and six paraeducators. Stonington plans to hire at least 20 teachers, tutors and interventionists. Region 4 and Guilford are hiring permanent substitutes. Old Saybrook is hiring temporary therapists,...
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As the owner and resident of a historic property in Guilford that was built in 1769, I feel a unique responsibility to preserve what makes my hometown so special. That entails a duty to speak out in favor of legislation that would actively enhance the quality of my town. With...
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...about $9, pales in comparison to the fact that, when that truck reaches the George Washington Bridge, they will pay $100 to cross one way on that bridge,” said State Rep. Sean Scanlon, D-Guilford. Explaining his support for the bill, Scanlon said that large trucks do the most damage to...
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...is confident it will pass before the end of the session at midnight. Connecticut Examiner spoke to several legislators who spent hours debating the bill on the Senate floor to get insight into how they ended up deciding to cast their votes. State Sen. Christine Cohen, D-Guilford, voted against the...
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High temperatures and humidity led multiple Connecticut school districts, including Madison and Guilford, to call an early dismissal today. Superintendent Craig Cooke of Madison Public Schools said the decision to dismiss early in Madison probably would not have happened if the students did not have to wear masks. “I think...
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GUILFORD — The owner of a wildlife rehabilitation facility ordered by the town in February to cease operations until a special permit has been granted, appeared before the Planning and Zoning Commission and a zoom audience of more than 90 people for a public hearing Wednesday night. Eunice Demond is...
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...Guilford, who is a former state representative for District 53 and former state commissioner of social services, told the audience that Culliton and the Witness Stones Project at Adams Middle School in Guilford transformed her life when they uncovered her family’s history of enslavement. “Dennis discovered me while researching the...
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...a higher tax. “If you go on a walk today, you will notice that the vast majority of litter on our streets and our waterways and in our parks are those that don’t have a redeemable value,” said State Sen. Christine Cohen, D-Guilford, chair of the Environment Committee. She said...
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...helped build our communities” through research, education and civic engagement. The project grew out of research on slavery in Connecticut by Dennis Culliton, a local historian and teacher in Guilford, where the first stones in the state were laid. Since then, 12 towns including Old Lyme have joined the project. In...
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Businesses that laid off workers during the pandemic may soon be required to prioritize senior employees when they begin hiring again, according to a bill approved by the State Senate on Tuesday. The bill was approved 19-15 on party lines, with the exception of State Sen. Christine Cohen, D-Guilford, who...
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...as reported in The Day. Neviaser explained that the school district was working alongside Dennis Culliton, a former middle school U.S. history teacher in Guilford and one of the founders of the project, to implement a curriculum for 7th grade students. Linderman told CT Examiner that the Witness Stones Project...
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...last for three years. The money will also fund two social workers, additional building substitutes, technology devices, an information database for security purposes and two years of programmed social-emotional support at the middle schools. Guilford For Superintendent Paul Freeman, the goal of academic support isn’t to re-teach students everything they...
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...from is the idea of offering remote learning.” Neviaser said that world languages was the most obvious idea for a regional partnership, since certain districts have courses that are not offered anywhere else. Old Lyme, for example, offers Latin and Chinese. Guilford High School has Arabic classes, and a teacher...
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...the TCI could reduce emissions – by making it more expensive to drive gasoline or diesel powered vehicles, pushing drivers more quickly into electric vehicles. Proponents including DEEP Commissioner Katie Dykes and state Sen. Christine Cohen, D-Guilford, co-chair of the Environment Committee, say that isn’t the intent of the TCI....
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...to 54.2 percent of adults across the United States. Data show that Lyme, Essex and Old Saybrook are the towns with the highest percentage of fully vaccinated individuals in the state. Old Lyme, Guilford, East Lyme and Madison also placed in the top 10. As an incentive for young people...
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...Scanlon, D-Guilford, said that the federal legislation didn’t address everything, like allowing cost-sharing and fixing the “family glitch” which prevents low and middle-income families from enrolling in an affordable plan. Scanlon also said that the federal funds were limited to two years. “I don’t think there’s any reason we shouldn’t...
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...told the commission that while his group is known for higher-priced projects like waterfront condominiums at Central Hall in Mystic, they also develop mid-priced properties like the one they envision for Guilford. Navarro said he expects units at the Guilford project to be priced “a tick or two” higher than...
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