Norwich Nearly 200 Norwich Free Academy teachers, administrators and support staff members made their way to the Norton Gymnasium in small groups Friday to receive their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
“It does feel like a milestone,” said NFA job coach Wes Murphy, who also coaches boys basketball and boys and girls volleyball. “I’m able to do what’s needed to get back to our regular schedule and activities.”
Daisy Torres, a member of the janitorial and cleaning staff, said she was ready to get her vaccine. As a cancer survivor, she said she was “so happy” to sign up for the NFA mass vaccination clinic.
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As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues.
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As eastern Conn. schools go remote, balance sought to keep snow days
Earlier this year, when a snowstorm closed down school for her three children, Cathy Walden Waselik utilized the best of both a traditional snow day and remote learning day.
“Three kids, three different schools.all had distance learning yesterday and today,” she wrote on Facebook earlier this month. “They went outside around lunch and again after school. And now they don t have to make it up in June.”
Nearly a year into the coronavirus pandemic and with the onslaught of remote learning, another of America’s favorite pastimes is teetering on getting quashed: the snow day.
Norwich The preliminary 2021-22 proposed school budget totals $87.5 million, a 3.95% increase over this year’s budget, with increases in tuition, salaries, benefits, utilities and transportation costs, and envisions a full return to in-person learning with after-school programs.
Superintendent Kristen Stringfellow on Wednesday gave the Board of Education Budget Expenditure Committee a preview of the proposed 2021-22 budget she plans to present to the full school board for a possible vote at the March 9 meeting.
Stringfellow said while most line items in the budget are flat-funded, several costly segments represent fixed costs that also will have significant increases next year. Certified salaries are expected to total $18.9 million, a $379,544 increase. Tuition, including the 3% regular education increase at Norwich Free Academy and special education tuition, totals $34 million, an overall 7.6% increase. Health insurance costs are budgeted to increase by $271,000 and transport