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Danbury-area educators, families divided on CDC recommending masks in school for all
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Danbury students returned to Stadley Rough Elementary for in-person learning on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, in Danbury, Conn.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media file photoShow MoreShow Less
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Pat Cosentino, superintendent of schools for New Fairifeld. Thursday, June 7, 2018, Meeting House Hill School, New Fairfield, Conn.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media file photoShow MoreShow Less
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Superintendent Christine Carver was on hand as Ralph M. T. Johnson Elementary School returned to fully in-person classes on Tuesday morning. September 29, 2020, in Bethel, Conn.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media file photoShow MoreShow Less
Redding, Easton school boards say COVID, diversity debate contributed to superintendent s departure
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Rydell HarrisonEaston-Redding-Region 9 / Contributed
REDDING School board members blame the coronavirus pandemic and other challenges for Superintendent Rydell Harrison’s departure after a year serving the Easton-Redding-Region 9 district.
Chris Parkin, the Redding Board of Education chairman, said he was “disappointed” at hearing Harrison’s decision to resign, but that he wouldn’t “lay any blame at Dr. Harrison’s feet.”
“This is and has always been an extremely difficult position, and the pandemic did not help, nor did the extremely vocal push back that he received from some corners of our community with respect to DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) work over the past several months,” Parkin said.