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  • BOE Roundup: Questions about return to school; survey about spring break; food services recognized

    NORWALK, Conn. — Transitioning Norwalk Public Schools away from hybrid learning won’t be a “cookie cutter process,” Superintendent of Schools Alexandra Estrella said. Each school will be evaluating what is feasible based on their spaces, when putting the mitigation measures into effect. Estrella, at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, talked of a gradual transition, but…

  • NPS, struggling with COVID, looks to Remote Learning 2.0

    NPS, struggling with COVID, looks to Remote Learning 2.0

    NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk Public Schools is re-tuning its efforts as the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, hoping to keep from losing students. New coding will allow teachers to keep better track of their attendance and engagement with instruction. Also from Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting: Norwalk High School is almost entirely on remote learning, with…

  • Distance learning, curriculum audit discussed at Board of Education Committee`

    NORWALK, Conn. – While the numbers continue to fluctuate weekly, Norwalk officials gave an update on how many students are attending school in person, in a hybrid model, and fully remote. The hybrid option is only available for middle and high school students, so elementary schools are either in person or online. “In other words,…

  • Norwalk Public Schools presents COVID-19 survey results

    NORWALK, Conn. — More than 4,800 students in grades four-12 shared their distance learning experiences, along with 1,154 teachers and 4,181 families, through a district-led survey. “The focuses for this survey were twofold for students,” Norwalk Public Schools Chief of School Operations Frank Costanzo said. “We wanted to get a sense of student well-being during…

  • NPS predicts gaps despite ‘amazing’ effort by staff

    NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk’s schoolchildren are faithfully attending their distance learning lessons but they’re going to need extra help once life returns to something more normal, Brenda Myers said. “There will be gaps in learning from our children. And we need to have a comprehensive plan upon reentry in the fall,” said Myers, Norwalk Public…

  • 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’ attitudes run the gamut from optimistic problem solving to utter desperation.  A sampling of recent quotes from Facebook’s Norwalk Parents for Education page reflects the scattered array of opinions and emotions:

  • 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 students are reportedly attending their online classes at a 96 to 98 percent rate. If they don’t show up, their teachers call them to check in, according to Norwalk Federation of Teachers President Mary Yordon. And,…