Danbury opens lottery for AIS magnet school lottery for area kids

Subhadra Pesantez does homework at a desk in the living-room. Gabriela Ramon’s daughters, Subhadra and Cristina Pesantez, have gone to AIS for elementary school and Westside Middle School Academy, both magnet schools. Ramon has helped others with the lottery process. Friday, February 28, 2020, in Danbury, Conn. H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media According to … Read more

In CT, high school instruction time varies by as much as an hour

The average high school teacher in Danbury spends roughly 182 minutes on instructional time, while a typical teacher in Stamford could be teaching in a classroom for 264 minutes daily by next year. Data show the amount of time teachers in high schools across the state spend providing instruction varies greatly, due to different schedule structures, … Read more

Brookfield school board names area teacher as new chairperson

BROOKFIELD — Two Democrats took the Board of Education’s top seats at Wednesday night’s Board of Education meeting, after a close vote. By a vote of 4 to 3, newly elected board member Wendy Youngblood, a Democrat, beat board member Joy Greenstein, for the role of board chairperson. Greenstein, a Republican, was previously vice chairperson. Youngblood replaces Bob Belden, who … Read more