Jana Silsby of DLR Group explains facets of the new Norwalk Public Schools facilities study during Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting.
NORWALK, Conn. Norwalk would ideally spend $20-30 million a year for two decades to update its schools, according to consultants hired to study the district’s facilities and advise the Board of Education.
“There’s probably some sticker shock when we look at these numbers, but it is not surprising if you’re looking at other districts that
are investing as they should in their schools,” Rachel Pampel of Newman Architects said Tuesday.
The numbers stemming from the 12-week study by Newman + DLR Group actually indicate up to $35 million in year one, to address “critical maintenance” and “critical multi-school projects.” Recommendations were made based on a “tiering” system, designed to make it equitable.
A real educator: CT schools chief Miguel Cardona s rapid rise to Biden cabinet nominee
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It turned heads when Miguel Cardona became Connecticut’s commissioner of education at the age of 44.
Now at 45, he is President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to become the nation’s 12th U.S. secretary of education.
Cardona’s first assignment will likely be to help carry out Biden’s mission to reopen schools post-pandemic, a job the one-time fourth-grade Meriden public school teacher has been working at in Connecticut since March.
“In Miguel Cardona, America will have an experienced and dedicated public school teacher leading the way at the Department of Education,” Biden said in prepared remarks, “ensuring that every student is equipped to thrive in the economy of the future, that every educator has the resources they need to do their jobs with dignity and success, and that every school is on track to reopen safely.”
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President-elect Joe Biden has selected Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona for the job of leading the U.S. Department of Education.
If confirmed by the Senate, Cardona would take the reins of the department during a pivotal time in education as the pandemic keeps many school buildings across the country closed and evidence mounts that students are falling behind.
Biden has said one of his top three COVID-19 priorities for his first 100 days in office is to “reopen the majority of schools” a challenge Cardona took on as Connecticut’s education commissioner with mixed results. An advocate for reopening schools, Cardona has so far resisted calls from parents to order superintendents to hold in-person classes and from teachers’ unions to order schools closed.