Dr. Rydell Harrison, Guilford’s new Family Equity Liaison, has an eclectic taste in music. He’s a pianist and a classically trained singer. He says he likes every musical genre except country. Harrison, who started his new job with Guilford last Tuesday, began his 22-year education career as a music teacher....
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...and they are linked. School enrollments are down because families aren’t able to afford homes in Westbrook or Essex or Guilford, he said. If they are stretching to pay their mortgage or rent, they might not be able to also afford a car to get to work, said Bishop. Added...
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Public school enrollments along the eastern shoreline of Connecticut aren’t showing the rebounding numbers some expected after dramatic declines during the pandemic. In a review of preliminary enrollment data for districts stretching between Guilford and New London, school officials reported generally disappointing numbers. Last year, Guilford schools lost 154 students...
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...if we want to avoid the fate of Guilford – a town that is currently tearing itself apart over issues of equity and changes to its curriculum – let’s set an example for students and faculty for how research, evidence and analysis — at every step — should be handled...
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GUILFORD — Candidates running in opposition to Critical Race Theory once again swept the Republican slate in a primary on Tuesday night. As of 7:30 p.m. — thirty minutes before polls closed — 47 percent of 3,511 registered Republicans had come out to vote. Republican Registrar of Voters Gloria Nemczuk...
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...a concerted effort to try to find some way to do something other than just raise people’s gas taxes,” Looney said. Environment Committee co-chair State Sen. Christine Cohen, D-Guilford, said the report highlights how urgent it is for lawmakers to take drastic measures to reduce emission and do what it...
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...the Republican nominees. “The Republican candidates were well out of the mainstream in Guilford, and we thought we should give Guilford voters an alternative,” said Bill Bloss, a lawyer advising Connecticut’s Independent Party and a former Democratic Board of Education member. Guilford Republican Town Committee Chair Paul Chello did not...
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...control, and I don’t usually get too involved, nor do they want me to be. The Guilford Independent Party made news earlier this month when it cross-endorsed Democrats in a direct bid to stop anti-Critical Race Theory Republicans from controlling the Board of Education. Is that alliance with Democrats unique? ...
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...in education. The issue is not one of democracy. It does not matter whether a majority of voters favor or reject implementing Critical Pedagogy in schools, or which side wins the contested Guilford School Board contest. The issue at hand is the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Public...
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...These 169 towns, and 155 school districts, can make their own decisions, and have local control to make the decision about what they are going to teach in, say, Guilford, and that can be different from how they do it in Clinton. It plays well into the strength of the...
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...to 27,367 Norwich: 0.9 percent decrease, 40,125 to 40,493 Stonington: 1.1 percent decrease, 18,545 to 18,335 Guilford: 1.4 percent decrease, 22,375 to 22,073 East Lyme: 2.4 percent decrease, 19,159 to 18,693 Colchester: 3.2 percent decrease, 16,068 to 15,555 Groton Town: 4.2 percent decrease, 40,115 to 38,411 Groton City: 9.6 percent...
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...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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