Stonington Superintendent of Schools Van Riley has finalized a plan that will have all Stonington students returning to four days of in-person learning by April 5.
Riley created the plan over the weekend with school administrators after parents and school board members again pressed him last week to bring students back to in-person learning faster than what he has proposed in several earlier plans. They pointed to other area school districts that had plans to bring students back faster.
The plan now calls for grades 2 and 3 to return this coming Monday, with grades 4, 5, 7 and 10 returning on March 29 and grades 8, 11 and 12 on April 5. Students in kindergarten and grades 1, 6 and 9 already returned this past Monday. The school system will have its spring break the week of April 12.
Mystic A local grassroots group, whose 117 members meet quarterly to pool their $100 contributions, has now awarded almost $200,000 to area organizations.
Power of Together 2, which formed in 2016 as an offshoot of a similar East-Lyme based group, made its latest donation $10,700 to FRESH New London last Friday.
Gae Melford, one of the group s organizers and co-founders, said that while people may donate $50 or $100 on their own to a local organization, they can have a larger impact if they pool their donations. It s exciting that you can raise $11,000 in an hour, she said, referring to the length of the group s quarterly meetings, which have been held virtually since last spring.
Published March 16. 2021 12:53PM | Updated March 16. 2021 10:11PM
New London Safety concerns associated with the coronavirus pandemic have led organizers to cancel this year’s Sailfest, the city’s largest annual festival.
It’s the second year in a row that the four-decade-old event has been canceled. Sailfest went virtual last year.
Barbara J. Neff, executive director of the Downtown New London Associations and owner of Neff Productions said plans are underway, in coordination with the City of New London, for a series of smaller summer events.
Announcements on those events are forthcoming. Visit www.downtownnewlondonassociation.com for a complete list of events and times.