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Stonington The school system has released documents that identify the Stonington High School coach fired in December 2019, for sending inappropriate Snapchat and Instagram messages to female students, as former freshman boys basketball coach Bobby Atkins.
Atkins is a 2016 Stonington High graduate who previously played on the boys basketball team and who was hired to coach the 2019-20 season for a stipend of $3,509.
In the recently released review conducted by the state Office of the Child Advocate into whether the school system followed its policy in handling sexual harassment complaints lodged against former teacher and coach Timothy Chokas, state Child Advocate Sarah Eagan revealed that the school system had fired an unidentified coach for inappropriately contacting two girls, one of whom was 15.
He said now that schools have reopened they are seeing the total number of reports increase, but they are still down about 9% when compared to 2019.
“What did we find during the pandemic and what are we still finding now? Families are incredibly resilient. Communities are the best form of support for families,” Mysogland said.
Many of these families need housing, food or broadband internet service.
“What children and families need are those concrete and tangible supports.Verses surveillance by a government agency,” Mysogland said.
State Child Advocate Sarah Eagan said chronic absenteeism from, school whether it’s in-person or remote, doesn’t mean all these children are being neglected.
Thousands haven t shown up for school this year in CT. Where are the students?
Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, CTMirror.org
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Third grade literacy instructor Katelyn Battinelli talks with students about their pandemic-related fears on the first day of in-person learning for five days per week at Stark Elementary School on March 10, 2021 in Stamford, Connecticut. Stamford Public Schools, like many school districts nationwide, are returning to full time in-school learning as pandemic restrictions begin to ease.John Moore / Getty Images
Editor’s Note: On March 15, 2020, Gov. Ned Lamont ordered all schools in Connecticut closed due to the pandemic. In the months that followed, learning moved online and many schools still haven’t reopened to full-time classroom instruction. On the one-year anniversary of this event, we examine the impact a year of disrupted learning has had on the state’s children.
Editor’s Note: On March 15, 2020, Gov. Ned Lamont ordered all schools in Connecticut closed due to the pandemic. In the months that followed, learning moved online and many schools still haven’t reopened to full-time classroom instruction. On the one year anniversary of this event, we examine the impact a year of disrupted learning has had on the state’s children.
On his first day as the nation’s education secretary, Miguel Cardona claimed the spotlight as he and the first lady toured an elementary school in his hometown, about one year after COVID-19 first disrupted the lives of students, teachers and parents.