no imageOpinion: Not a lost year for NPS students
NancyOnNorwalk recently asked Norwalk Federation of Teachers President Mary Yordon for her opinion on the “distance learning” now being... (Read more)
4 / 4 / 2020
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Norwalk Public Schools’ staff reach out to home-bound students, online and in cars
NORWALK, Conn. — The distance between Jefferson Elementary School teachers and their students shrank considerably Thursday as the teachers... (Read more)
4 / 3 / 2020
Norwalk parents’ frustrations boil over, but positive suggestions abound
NORWALK, Conn. — Several weeks into the grand experiment of “distance learning” necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Norwalk parents’... (Read more)
4 / 3 / 2020
For high school seniors, a lost year
NORWALK, Conn. — This was our year. Until it vanished. 2020 was to be the year of graduation ceremonies,... (Read more)
4 / 2 / 2020
State Task Force targets April, May for laptop distribution to aid remote learning
Connecticut’s COVID–19 “Learn from Home Task Force” announced on Wednesday that plans to distribute 60,000 laptops to high school... (Read more)
4 / 2 / 2020
no imageShout out to NPS
I want to give a shout out to the Norwalk Public School System especially to the teachers at Nathan... (Read more)
4 / 2 / 2020
NPS: No one involved in food prep has tested positive for COVID-19
Updated, 9:18 p.m.: Comment from Mayor Harry Rilling. NORWALK, Conn. — Rumors continue to allege that Norwalk Public Schools... (Read more)
3 / 30 / 2020
no imageNPS drops school bus food delivery, families must pick up meals
NORWALK, Conn. — School bus meal delivery to bus stops, as well as door-to-door meal deliveries for Special Education... (Read more)
3 / 30 / 2020
NPS said to excel in reaching students as crisis continues
NORWALK, Conn. — Attendance at Norwalk Public Schools – well, not at the schools – is sky high. NPS... (Read more)
3 / 26 / 2020
COVID-19: Predictions, outrage, more orders
NORWALK, Conn. — Some COVID-19 updates: Lamont predicts prolonged school closures Rilling slams federal political response Sanitizing Norwalk Public... (Read more)
3 / 24 / 2020
NPS delivers 17K meals to kids in first week of COVID-19 school closure
NORWALK, Conn. — It’s possible that Norwalk Public Schools will serve 30,000 meals to children a week while they’re... (Read more)
3 / 23 / 2020
COVID-19: Closing doors, a reprieve from school assessments, more coronavirus tests coming and primary postponed
NORWALK, Conn. — The latest COVID-19 updates: Rilling orders spas, salons and barber shops to close State seeks federal... (Read more)
3 / 19 / 2020
Adamowski lays out $6.6 million in ‘cuts’
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Public Schools would cut multiple positions to align its budget with the funding recommended by... (Read more)
3 / 18 / 2020
Home schooling incites Norwalk Facebook tsunami
NORWALK, Conn. – Measures taken to stave off the coronavirus pandemic have catapulted Norwalk students, teachers and families onto... (Read more)
3 / 18 / 2020
NPS to provide free meals to out-of-school Norwalk children
NORWALK, Conn. – School buses will be used to deliver free meals to most Norwalk Public Schools students now... (Read more)
3 / 13 / 2020
NPS closing schools due to COVID19; City Hall scaling back
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Public Schools will be closed for two weeks, beginning Monday. On the same day, City... (Read more)
3 / 12 / 2020
no imageNPS answers pointed questions, tosses some back at City
Updated, 2:10 p.m.: Clarification from Brenda Wilcox Williams. NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Public Schools ordered $86,000 in gift cards... (Read more)
3 / 12 / 2020
Tracey Elementary plan to use found money to repair school startles BoE members
NORWALK, Conn. – The Board of Education is poised to allow one Norwalk elementary school to take money that... (Read more)
3 / 11 / 2020
NPS looks to expand free lunch/breakfast program
NORWALK, Conn. – More Norwalk school children would get the nutrition they need if Norwalk Public Schools expands its... (Read more)
3 / 11 / 2020
Rilling promises to keep Norwalk government going as NPS pauses to prepare for possible quarantines
NORWALK, Conn. — A second Connecticut citizen has been diagnosed with the coronavirus and Norwalk officials have called a... (Read more)
3 / 10 / 2020
no imageNorwalk BoE studies NEXTGen results as high needs population swells
NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk Board of Education members on Tuesday took a look at the latest assessment scores, touting... (Read more)
3 / 5 / 2020
Norwalk political notes: Melendez seeks DTC leadership; LeMieux plans to remain BoE Chairwoman
NORWALK, Conn. – Some Norwalk political developments: Melendez for DTC Chair, ‘J.J.’ for vice RTC votes on 16th LeMieux... (Read more)
3 / 4 / 2020
no imageNeverWoke: from pleasant city to ghost town
Bruce Kimmel is a former Board of Education member and former Common Council member. Long ago, in the late... (Read more)
3 / 4 / 2020
Norwalk political notes: Seeking answers on red flags; ‘POKO’
NORWALK, Conn. — Some Norwalk political notes for you: Adamowski promises answers Rilling: Policies changed after $900K payment to... (Read more)
2 / 27 / 2020
Norwalk Council caps budget at $385.6M, a $9.9M increase for Board of Education
Updated, 2:11 p.m.: More information. NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Common Council members on Tuesday authorized what they said is... (Read more)
2 / 26 / 2020
no imageAttorney: Fed judge seeks to end NPS wage theft lawsuit by September
Updated, 1:27 p.m.: Additional information. NORWALK, Conn. — There’s talk of a settlement in the lawsuit accusing Norwalk Public... (Read more)
2 / 25 / 2020
Lawmakers advanced a bill barring new religious exemptions to vaccines. Here’s what it would do.
HARTFORD, Conn. – Amid pushback from Republicans and thousands of outraged parents, the legislature’s Public Health Committee voted Monday... (Read more)
2 / 25 / 2020
Norwalk budget angst nets talk of audit, threat to resign
NORWALK, Conn. — Skepticism with Norwalk Public Schools’ spending led Common Council members Thursday to threaten less funding than... (Read more)
2 / 21 / 2020
no imageOpinion: Can Norwalk truly afford a new high school?
The state-initiated construction of a new $225 million Norwalk High School, projected to cost the city at least $50... (Read more)
2 / 20 / 2020
NPS looks to end ‘pretty bad’ middle school math program
NORWALK, Conn. – The Teach-to-One math program, once highly touted by Norwalk Public Schools, is in the process of... (Read more)
2 / 20 / 2020