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Preston school board meets to confirm previous votes

By JULIANNE HANCKEL Day Staff Writer — 2010-03-16T02:06:00-05:00

Preston - The Board of Education held a special meeting Monday to reaffirm the motions that were approved at last week's regularly scheduled meeting.

Last Monday, the Board of...

Finding the formula to keep kids in school

By MEGAN BARD Day Staff Writer — 2010-03-14T10:38:00-05:00

Griswold's public high school is known for its champion-caliber athletics, music and drama programs that are the envy of neighboring districts and a vocational component recently recognized as one of...

Norwich posting sex offender alerts

By CLAIRE BESSETTE Day Staff Writer — 2010-03-14T00:31:00-05:00

Norwich - The public school system will offer an alert on the district's Web site whenever a sexual offender moves into the city, according to a policy adopted last week...

Obama seeks big changes to 'No Child'

Nick Anderson The Washington Post — 2010-03-14T00:20:00-05:00

Washington — President Obama proposed overhauling the No Child Left Behind law that was his predecessor’s hallmark education initiative, aiming to eliminate several of...

Trivia by the barrel

2010-03-13T03:26:00-05:00

Karen Lungren, right, a Niantic resident and third-grade teacher at North Stonington Elementary School, teases a former student during the North Stonington Education Foundation trivia competition at...

It's life in the fast lane

By OWEN POOLE Day Sports Writer — 2010-03-13T05:14:00-05:00

Meriden - Halfway through the second quarter of Friday's CIAC Class L quarterfinal game at Maloney High School, New London was beginning to pull away from Branford, and Kris Dunn was doing what Kris...

School days shortened at Fitch for site visit prep

2010-03-13T06:27:00-05:00

Groton - To give teachers and administrators ample time to prepare for a site visit next April from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, six school days at Fitch High School will be...

Health network would cure many ills

By M. JODI RELL — 2010-03-13T05:38:00-05:00

If anyone in government - local, state or federal - had the cure for all of the problems in health care today, they would be a miracle worker. The question is immensely complex and the issues...

School board angered by NL council

By STEPHEN CHUPASKA Day Staff Writer — 2010-03-12T02:03:00-05:00

New London - In a discussion Thursday about a joint session of the Board of Education and City Council held earlier in the week, some board members expressed severe...

St. Joseph teachers who face layoffs won't have unemployment cushion

By CLAIRE BESSETTE Day Staff Writer — 2010-03-12T01:48:00-05:00

Norwich - The 20 staff members at St. Joseph School will not receive unemployment compensation if they are laid off and not hired for other positions within the Diocese...