Board of Education (BOE) Union Coalition leaders are urging Governor Ned Lamont create a clear, uniform policy regarding how school districts should handle quarantines and leaves in our public schools. Labor leaders in a January 8 letter said that too many districts are not following procedures established by health experts for responding to COVID-19 exposures. …
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The graphic above is from the CT Average Daily Rate COVID-19 Tracker, November 24, 2020. For Immediate Release, November 23, 2020 “Safe and Successful Schools Now” report outlines immediate steps necessary to keep students, educators, staff, and communities safe. With the surging COVID-19 infection rate in Connecticut, the highest since May, Connecticut must establish and …
The HFT met with Mayor Luke Bronin and took the opportunity to request transparency regarding the number of COVID cases in our city schools and how many persons were quarantined as a result. We believe this data provides useful information to our Hartford families and staff. We are pleased to see that this data is …
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Carol Gale, President
Corey Moses, First Vice-President
Stuart Beckford, Second Vice-President
