Meriden school system distributes meals for holiday break TuesdayÂ
Meriden school system distributes meals for holiday break TuesdayÂ
Lincoln Middle School cafeteria manager Karine Szymaszek shows meals that will be distributed to children on Tuesday. Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal Advertisement
Some of the food that will be provided to children from 4 to 6 pm on Tuesday. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
December 21, 2020 06:03PM By Michael Gagne, Record-Journal staff
By Michael Gagne
Record-Journal staff
MERIDEN â Local school officials hope to help make a challenging holiday break for many families a little less difficult.Â
So staff in the school districtâs food and nutrition services department will hand out an expected 4,500 kits, totaling about 63,000 meals, to any family with a child 18 years old or younger. Children do not need to be enrolled in a Meriden school to be eligible for one weekâs worth
UpdatedTue, Dec 22, 2020 at 7:01 am ET
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Miguel Cardona started as a teacher and worked his way up to a central office position in Meriden Public Schools. (Patch graphic)
CONNECTICUT President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Connecticut s Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona as his education secretary, according to a CNN report Monday night.
CNN cited sources in making the announcement and added that a formal announcement could come as soon as Wednesday.
CNN said that Biden wants to reopen schools across the country within his first 100 days in office and that Cardona appeals to him because he has been very vocal about keeping schools open in Connecticut during the pandemic.
Meeting students needs in-person and remotely in Meriden A special report by Michael Gagne, Record-Journal staff, December 12, 2020
Meeting students needs in-person and remotely in Meriden
Meeting students needs in-person and remotely in Meriden
December 12, 2020 04:28PM By Michael Gagne, Record-Journal staff
Editorâs note: This is the first part in a series on local schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
MERIDEN â More than three months into the school year, district officials continue to toe the tenuous balance of keeping school buildings open to students and staff amid an ongoing pandemic that is worsening throughout the community.
The pandemic has in many ways strained the abilities of district leaders, educators and families to support an increasingly diverse student population whose needs have grown steadily over the past decade. It has also prompted those same stakeholders to develop solutions that support continued teac