New career academy launches at Wilcox Tech in Meriden Â
New career academy launches at Wilcox Tech in Meriden Â
Teacher Zeke Lehrer instructs Maloney student Jeonardo Polanco, 16, second from left, and Platt student Darren Gibbons, 15, left, on the workings of a milling machine in a manufacturing class Tuesday at Wilcox Technical High School in Meriden. Meriden school officials have announced a partnership with Wilcox Tech Career Academy at Wilcox, an innovative new partnership that allows Meriden Public Schools students to receive specialized training in skilled trade areas. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal Advertisement
Connecticut Technical Education and Career System s Superintendent Jeffrey Wihbey speaks next to Meriden Schools Superintendent Mark Benigni during a ribbon cutting ceremony at Wilcox Technical High School in Meriden, Tues., Jan. 12, 2021. Meriden school officials have announced a partnership with Wilcox Tech Career Academy at Wilcox, an innovative new p
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