Published March 3, 2021 •
Updated on March 3, 2021 at 4:11 pm
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Students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Meriden had a special visit Wednesday from First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and the new Education Secretary, Meriden-native Miguel Cardona.
This visit is a return to Cardona s roots both to his hometown and to where his education career started in a classroom in Meriden. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. Dr. Miguel Cardona, the nation s new education secretary, was in Meriden Wednesday and talked about his desire to schools after closures due to the pandemic.
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On Cardona s first day on job, a visit to a Meriden school with Jill Biden
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US First Lady Jill Biden speaks before a panel discussion on cancer research and care at the Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia on February 24, 2021. (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly / AFP) (Photo by RYAN M. KELLY/AFP via Getty Images)RYAN M. KELLY / AFP via Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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Miguel Cardona is ceremonially sworn in as Education Secretary by Vice President Kamala Harris in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Carolyn Kaster / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less