The lawsuit alleges New Haven failed over 4 years to pay the suburb for special education services provided through the Open Choice Program.
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New Haven high school goes phone-free: ‘Kids are playing and talking and laughing’
New Haven Academy’s hallways and cafeteria are louder, now that students spend lunch talking to each other instead of looking at phones.
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Ten groups tapped to counter New Haven absenteeism
New Haven schools plan to partner with 10 community organizations in a bid to curb too-high rates of chronic absenteeism.
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42% of New Haven students ‘chronically absent’
For the first 45-day marking period, more than 42% of students so far have missed at least 10% of school days since late August.
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One school’s policy for stoned students: Send them to the hospital
Officials at Amistad High School in New Haven could call for an ambulance if students high on marijuana need ‘urgent medical attention.’
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On New Haven visit, Jill Biden sees learning gap closing
First Lady Jill Biden came to New Haven Wednesday and saw some hope on the “Horizon” for helping kids catch up after falling behind academically during the pandemic.