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Connecticut officials say the impact of the pandemic on students and their families could lead to long-term changes in how the school day and school year look in the state.
Gov. Ned Lamont was joined Thursday by federal and state political leaders along with local and state education officials in a roundtable to discuss the future of education and how they plan to use the tens of millions of dollars in federal funds being earmarked to combat pandemic-based learning loss. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Pandemic may lead to long-term changes in school calendar
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Published April 06. 2021 1:40AM | Updated April 06. 2021 2:22AM
MANCHESTER (AP) Several Connecticut school districts have been forced to close or stop in-person learning for a day, after educators attending vaccine clinics called in sick with side effects from the shot.
Manchester schools reported a shortage of teachers and bus drivers on Monday after a vaccine clinic for educators was held there over the weekend. I understand the challenges this causes for parents and families and had hoped to avoid going remote for the day, Matt Geary, the town s school superintendent wrote to the community Monday. I apologize for the inconvenience.
A similar incident caused a Colchester elementary school to close for a day last month and forced Stamford schools to delay a return to in-person learning for one day.
Connecticut officials are looking into the possibility of having to eventually administer booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccines in nursing homes, while also vaccinating new residents and staff who are coming into the facilities without having had a shot, Gov. Ned Lamont said Monday.
About 5% of the nursing home population has been turning over each week in Connecticut. The newcomers are overwhelmingly not vaccinated, said Josh Geballe, Lamont s chief operating officer. As a short-term fix, the state has asked the Connecticut National Guard to vaccinate those new admissions.
âBut in the meantime, weâve also been working with our acute care hospitals to make sure that theyâre vaccinating on discharge,â said Geballe, adding that nursing homes have been told they need to have a âvaccination partnerâ established with a pharmacy or other organization to ensure that the vaccination of new residents and staff is being done on a sustainable, ongoing basis goi