Norwalk BoE votes for new Columbus school, postpones Cranbury work
NORWALK, Conn. – Columbus Elementary School is one step closer to a wrecking ball, after a Board of Education vote to... (Read more)
4 / 25 / 2019
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Norwalk BoE considers new Cranbury school instead of renovation
Updated, 2:43 p.m.: Additional information. NORWALK, Conn. – Plans to renovate Cranbury Elementary School may be ditched in favor... (Read more)
4 / 23 / 2019
NPS looks to improve ‘customer service’
NORWALK, Conn. – If you’re sick of waiting on hold when you call one of Norwalk’s public schools, then... (Read more)
4 / 22 / 2019
Opinion: More teachers, librarians would help kids more than innovation
Last Friday, Gov. Ned Lamont announced a $100 million donation to the state of Connecticut from the Dalio Philanthropies... (Read more)
4 / 14 / 2019
Barbis rejects discussion of Norwalk BoE/NAACP standoff, blames Curtis
NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk Board of Education Chairman Mike Barbis has reversed course and refused to meet with Norwalk... (Read more)
4 / 12 / 2019
Norwalk Council stands by school spending; Rilling optimistic shortfall will be closed
Updated, 1:33 p.m.: Clarification, David Davidson spoke as a citizen. NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk Common Council members on Tuesday... (Read more)
4 / 10 / 2019
no imageNorwalk Council, officials weigh new Concord Street school
NORWALK, Conn. — Spend another $3-4 million and you’ll get a new school on Chestnut Street instead of a renovated school building,... (Read more)
4 / 8 / 2019
Dalio foundation announces major investment in CT schools
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Gov. Ned Lamont announced a plan Friday to invest $300 million in private and public dollars... (Read more)
4 / 6 / 2019
no imageNorwalk BoE signs new civility code
NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk Board of Education members have unanimously agreed to a new code of conduct. Two board... (Read more)
4 / 4 / 2019
no imageNorwalk education notes: Mentor clicks with mentee, Manny on TV
NORWALK, Conn. – Some education news for you: Barbis becomes a mentor Human Services Council adds to mentor program... (Read more)
4 / 4 / 2019
State champion Lady Bears, coach reflect on perfect season
NORWALK, Conn – Middletown’s Mercy Tigers ended Norwalk High’s 2018 girls basketball season with a 55-26 defeat, crushing the... (Read more)
4 / 3 / 2019
NPS plan for ‘consortium’ of adult services draws pushback
NORWALK, Conn. – Local school districts are combining their adult education programs under one administrative umbrella in a move... (Read more)
3 / 27 / 2019
School construction, renovation plans face $18M funding shortage
Updated, 10 a.m., Clarification: Enrollment estimates contained in Silver Petrucelli report were done by Milone & MacBroom. NORWALK, Conn. –... (Read more)
3 / 26 / 2019
Norwalk BoE considers new school for Concord Street
NORWALK, Conn. – Board of Education officials are considering whether a brand new school would be more cost-effective and desirable... (Read more)
3 / 26 / 2019
Norwalk BoE celebrates successes
Updated, 8:57 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. – Board of Education members on Tuesday emphasized the positive with a... (Read more)
3 / 20 / 2019
NAACP plans to press case to Norwalk BoE, in absence of sit down
Updated, 8:43 a.m.: Copy edits; 8:02 a.m.: Copy edits, information added NORWALK, Conn. – Calls for Norwalk Board of... (Read more)
3 / 19 / 2019
no imageNPS touts accountability results
Updated, 1 p.m.: PDF added; 10:56 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk Public Schools is “once again the... (Read more)
3 / 11 / 2019
NAACP presses Norwalk BoE to ‘take action’ after more emails revealed
Updated, 9:44 a.m.: Clarification about proposed meeting between Mike Barbis and Brenda Penn-Williams; 8:09 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn.... (Read more)
3 / 6 / 2019
no imageBarbis, Penn-Williams set to discuss differences as NAACP presses on with demand that he resign
NORWALK, Conn. — The Norwalk NAACP is again rallying supporters to attend a Board of Education meeting, in protest... (Read more)
3 / 4 / 2019
NPS deals with complaint alleging systematic SpEd violations
NORWALK, Conn. — The State’s investigation into a complaint accusing Norwalk Public Schools of widespread violations of federal education... (Read more)
3 / 4 / 2019
Norwalk school children listen to guest book readers
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Public Schools marked the national Read Across America Day on Friday – at every school,... (Read more)
3 / 2 / 2019
Opponents of school regionalization descend on Capitol
When Scott Lawrence and his wife moved to Connecticut ten years ago, they chose to settle in Wilton —... (Read more)
3 / 2 / 2019
no imageNPS looks to redesign its middle school redesign
Clarification, 5:22 p.m.: Students with interventions can’t take electives. NORWALK, Conn. — It’s time to move out of middle... (Read more)
2 / 25 / 2019
no imageNPS considering STEAMing ahead with Ponus
NORWALK, Conn. — Add the letter “A” to the plans for Ponus Middle School. Instead of opening as a... (Read more)
2 / 25 / 2019
no imageNPS scores top marks in NextGEN – again
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Public Schools has ranked first in its District Reference Group (DRG) in the 2017-18 Next... (Read more)
2 / 23 / 2019
Norwalk BoE, sans Barbis, takes heat over NAACP snub
Updated, 8:26 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. – NAACP members had strong words for empty chairs Tuesday as they called for... (Read more)
2 / 20 / 2019
no imageOpinion: BoE Chairman Barbis should resign from the Board
This is a statement read Tuesday by multiple Norwalk Branch NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)... (Read more)
2 / 20 / 2019
no imageOpinion: NAACP slight shows NPS administration’s self-defeating tendency toward groupthink
This statement was read by Norwalk Federation of Teachers President Mary Yordon at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. It was... (Read more)
2 / 20 / 2019
Holocaust survivor to Norwalk children: ‘Take care of each other’
Updated, 9:54 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. – The good people did nothing, Werner Reich said over and over... (Read more)
2 / 18 / 2019
Norwalk roundup: Redevelopment on the move; concern over Briggs students; assessment appeals due
Updated, 11:03 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. — Some Norwalk news items for you: Potential Redevelopment move to Belden... (Read more)
2 / 14 / 2019