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Following the Fentanyl-related death of a 10-month-old baby in 2023, officials from the state Department of Children and Families say they are reviewing ways they can improve systems they use to assess child safety in families where there is substance abuse.
State Child Advocate Sarah Eagan issued a letter Thursday to the commissioner of the Department of Children and Families calling for greater transparency and reporting about child abuse cases.
A coalition of social justice organizations rallied Tuesday in Hartford to call for lawmakers to phase out police officers in schools in favor of counselors, the decriminalization of child truancy and transparency for police-led interactions in schools.
Stonington State Child Advocate Sarah Eagan said Wednesday that she has sent the school district a draft of her investigation into whether school officials here followed policy when they learned about the sexual harassment allegations involving former Stonington High School teacher and coach Timothy Chokas.
Meanwhile, state Department of Education spokesman Peter Yazbak said Wednesday that his agency is waiting to receive Eagan s final report as it proceeds with its investigation into whether Chokas teaching certificate should be revoked. That certificate does not expire until June 2023.
Eagan, who began her review in July 2019 after The Day began publishing a series of stories about how school officials handled the allegations against Chokas, wrote in an email that her office is working through the findings and recommendations of the draft with school officials.