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
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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
no imageOpinion: The educational status quo was not acceptable
Norwalk is experiencing a demographic transformation. Its population is increasing and becoming more diversified. These changes have transformed our... (Read more)
2 / 12 / 2019
NPS looks to ‘restore’ relationships in new approach to student discipline
Updated, 9:59 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk Public Schools is poised to take a new approach to... (Read more)
2 / 11 / 2019
Norwalkers make impassioned pitches for athletic fields, school improvements
NORWALK, Conn. – The state of Norwalk’s athletic fields and schools brought an unusually robust crowd to Wednesday’s Planning... (Read more)
2 / 8 / 2019
Duff blasts Board of Ed Chairman; Penn-Williams: he should ‘step down’
Updated, 8:15 a.m.: Copy edits, revised headline NORWALK, Conn. – Multiple Norwalk Dems on Thursday blasted fellow Democrat and Board... (Read more)
2 / 8 / 2019
no imageBoE Chair discouraged members from attending NAACP event; NPS denied Penn-Williams sub work
Updated, 12:53 p.m.: Additional information, revised headline; 9:06 a.m.: revised headline; 8:36 a.m.: Copy edits, revised headline NORWALK, Conn.... (Read more)
2 / 6 / 2019
Norwalk High students struggle with bathroom shortage
Updated, 10:02 a.m.: NHS enrollment is 1770 students. 8:49 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. – Concerns about teenagers vaping... (Read more)
2 / 6 / 2019
Norwalk BoE defends Costanzo
NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalkers are reacting to the news that the New Haven Board of Education spent $150,000 on... (Read more)
2 / 5 / 2019
NPS notes achievements: Tracey, NECA and hardworking high school students
Updated, 9:15 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. – Some Norwalk Public Schools announcements for you: Tracey Elementary School named... (Read more)
2 / 5 / 2019
Norwalk BoE not crazy about Duff bill to let mayors choose BoE chair
Updated, 1:56 p.m.: copy edit; 8:51 a.m., 8:17 a.m.: Copy edits, information added NORWALK, Conn. – There are more... (Read more)
1 / 31 / 2019
no imageNorwalk BoE members pan idea to merge with Wilton
Updated, 2:07 p.m.: Additional information; 8:33 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. – A misprint on proposed state legislation has... (Read more)
1 / 29 / 2019
Barron ‘quits in huff,’ NPS Finance Officer to assist in City budget
Updated, 10:09 a.m.: Copy edits; 8:45 a.m.: Copy edits, added statement from Steven Adamowski NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk Chief... (Read more)
1 / 24 / 2019
Norwalk teachers’ union VP notes ‘resistance’ to ‘bold and costly plans’
Updated, 8:01 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. – The “very large and aggressive” 2019-20 Norwalk Public Schools operating budget... (Read more)
1 / 22 / 2019
no imageOpinion: Deferring new school start times – a difficult decision
In early January, Superintendent of Schools Steven Adamowski recommended that the Board of Education adopt an operating budget for... (Read more)
1 / 21 / 2019
Norwalk BoE defers school start time change, requests ‘5.1 percent’ increase
NORWALK, Conn. – Funding for later school start times has been removed from the 2019-20 Norwalk Public Schools operating budget request.... (Read more)
1 / 21 / 2019
no imageNPS demographic study shows big hike in Hispanic students
Updated, Jan. 20: link to 2015 document added. Updated, 9:37 a.m.: Added video of Costanzo. 9:10 a.m.: Copy edits... (Read more)
1 / 18 / 2019
Norwalk political notes: Lamont, Tracey, state reps and federal workers
Updated, 8:51 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. – Some Norwalk announcements for you: Lamont visits Tracey to help Dalio... (Read more)
1 / 17 / 2019
Norwalk BoE will tout successes in request for $12.9 million boost
Updated, 8:35 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. – Board of Education members are taking a new tone as they plan... (Read more)
1 / 15 / 2019
Norwalk BoE reviews new ideas for Jefferson renovation
Updated, 8:11 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. – A conceptual design for Jefferson Elementary School renovations shows features that... (Read more)
1 / 11 / 2019
Norwalk education roundup: School construction; Costanzo lawsuit settled
Updated 10:01 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. – Some Norwalk education news for you: Columbus School construction project delayed... (Read more)
1 / 8 / 2019
Norwalk education notes: Attendance, an abrupt end, and praise
Correction, 10:17 a.m.: Due to an editing error, the quote which begins “He devotes an…” was incorrectly attributed to... (Read more)
1 / 2 / 2019
Opinion: A new kind of curriculum at Tracey School
Board of Education members Bruce Kimmel, Julie Corbett, Erik Anderson, and Barbara Meyer-Mitchell comprise the Board’s Curriculum and Instruction Committee.... (Read more)
12 / 30 / 2018
Opinion: Why stories matter for children’s learning
Ever wondered why boys and girls choose particular toys, particular colors and particular stories? Why is it that girls... (Read more)
12 / 29 / 2018
Norwalk BoE: A mysterious apology; skepticism and expectations
Updated, 9:24 a.m.: Copy edits NORWALK, Conn. – Some Norwalk Board of Education meeting activity for you: Barbis issues public... (Read more)
12 / 20 / 2018
no imageNorwalk BoE puts GPA changes on hold, looks to separate NECA, NHS
Updated, 8:22 a.m.: Copy edits, revised headline NORWALK, Conn. – The Norwalk Early College Academy (NECA) would become a... (Read more)
12 / 19 / 2018
no imageLook beyond graduation rates for the story of education opportunity
Americans like to tout the importance of a high school diploma, but research reported in the CT Mirror recently... (Read more)
12 / 16 / 2018