Choice of Cardona for education secretary lauded in hometown of Meriden
Choice of Cardona for education secretary lauded in hometown of Meriden
State Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona, President-elect Joe Bidenâs choice for U.S. secretary of education, talks to the media after having a tour at Hanover School in Meriden to see the schoolâs modifications during the first day of school in September. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal Advertisement
State Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona seen speaking with Berlin High School students while on a tour of the school on Jan. 28, 2020. | Devin Leith-Yessian/Berlin Citizen
Ct Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona talks to the media after having a tour at Hanover Elementary School in Meriden to see the schoolâs modifications during the first day of school on Thursday, September 3, 2020. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
Meeting students needs in-person and remotely in Meriden A special report by Michael Gagne, Record-Journal staff, December 12, 2020
Meeting students needs in-person and remotely in Meriden
Meeting students needs in-person and remotely in Meriden
December 12, 2020 04:28PM By Michael Gagne, Record-Journal staff
Editorâs note: This is the first part in a series on local schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
MERIDEN â More than three months into the school year, district officials continue to toe the tenuous balance of keeping school buildings open to students and staff amid an ongoing pandemic that is worsening throughout the community.
The pandemic has in many ways strained the abilities of district leaders, educators and families to support an increasingly diverse student population whose needs have grown steadily over the past decade. It has also prompted those same stakeholders to develop solutions that support continued teac