High Schools To Reopen On April 5

They should be coming back for full time learning like every other district at this point. NHPS is always 10 steps behind everyone else. The entire state is open, all schools will be back full time by April and yet again New Haven shows it's incompetence. The funny thing is that all our illustrious leaders are probably patting themselves in the back thinking they've done a great job.
Oh, and isn't it odd that this announcement is made the same day that Elicker finds out he is being primaried ! It would be hard to win anything if your the leader of the only district in the state that failed it's older students. It may still be too little too late.

Why bother? The Seniors will have checked out already. The Juniors will follow the Seniors a couple of weeks later. The Sophomores will be happy they're Juniors. The Freshman will be intimidated by everyone. Start next year.

@NHPS Family. I'm in absolute agreement with you again here. And I will say this again, I do believe that board members are mostly unaffected by this and a number of staff members are enjoying their being home - But what does this translate to for students?

@OhHum. Truthfully, you have a baseless argument and I take it you are mostly unaffected by this issue because otherwise you would have to agree that our students need to return to school as they need some form of normalcy and begin restructuring the lies based off of consistency and regularity none of which they are able to get learning off of computers at a distance from home. and why shouldn't we open up at this point? For too many schools and state including our very own have already re-opened - why should New Haven be one of the only major cities in CT to go back? Because "seniors are checked out"? If that's the premise, I am surely glad that's not an idea in district leadership.

Thank you Dr Tracey for your exceptional leadership in these hard times. Thank you to our BOE who has no equal and has been spot on with everything throughout this pandemic. I am so proud of the courage they all exhibited by making the tough decisions to keep everyone safe above all. Now we get to be a family again (we miss those kids) and we actually miss you parents as well as we do our colleagues. Thanks Dr Tracey for giving the heads up to your staff way ahead of the opening so they can prepare--We have much to celebrate and so much to be thankful for--

Teens 16 and older are projected to become eligible for the covid vaccine May 3rd. Studies on the vaccine for those under 16 are expected this summer. Educators and school related employees are eligible for the vaccine now. As more people become vaccinated, the safer the return to in person schooling becomes. As long as we all stay masked up, 6 feet apart, and socialize outdoors as much as possible when with people outside our households, we can reduce the spread of the virus and the development of new variants. The city and the board of ED should pass out 7 free large washable masks with nose wires, adjustable ear loops, and triple layers for each student to wear. This would make sure each student has a clean and washable mask. If students are allowed to bling out and personalize their masks, they can make a fashion statement and are more likely to wear their masks properly over their nose and mouth.

Whatever happened to the 2000 students who never logged in when classes went remote last Fall?

If the Mayor thinks this will win him re-election, he is mistaken. No one has forgotten the offensive destruction of the Columbus statue and the threats to close our libraries, senior centers, firehouses, etc. plus raise taxes

Who knows what Dr. Tracey is angling for? Maybe a big shot job somewhere else? She has been hot to return to school; no matter what the data shows. Watch her for a move soon.

Some Students at home received little help or support from parents. That is not NH's fault. Parents who allowed their student to fall by the wayside are at fault so don't blame NHPS. The tech was there to learn from home. Some chose not to. Most have chosen to work hard. Praise to those students who persevered.

BTW--- lotsa luck getting bldgs "sanitized". They can't even change a filter!!!

cityyankee: No one destroyed the Columbus statute, in part because Elicker had it moved from a vulnerable location.

As far as school closings, what data do you have that shows that opening would have been unsafe? The data I have seen shows that schools played no role in second surge. Neither students nor regular teachers have above average rates of infection with CoViD-19. The only group with slightly above average infection rates are teachers' aides, who often get close and personal with special education students. (Special Education teachers have not been broken out in any study I have seen.) Throughout the entire fall semester, when schools were largely open in this state, there were no school-aged CoViD-19 deaths. Mortality is related to age, not occupation. In the over 80 crowd, the CT case fatality rate is nearly 30%; for 70-79, 10%; for 60-69, 3%; 50-59, less than one per cent; 40-49, 0.3%.; 30-39, 0.09%; and 0.02% for twenty somethings.

This is welcome news, but not cause for celebration. New Haven high school students have not been in the classroom for an entire calendar year. EVERY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CT figured out how to send high school students back to school in the fall without spreading covid in the process. New Haven is unique in its abject failure. Perhaps it's time for parents of high school students to stop hoping in vain that schools will reopen and start suing for damages instead.

+1 to Westville Voter: if there's going to be a class action suit in Connecticut, I will go door to door to encourage fellow parents to join.

Even more, it would be good to hear from Dr. Tracey about plans to extend the semester throughout parts of the summer. Between the lost time last spring (when synchronous remote learning was impossible, per the teachers union) and the roadblocks that many families have experienced when online finally happened, NHPS students are effectively more than six months behind in terms of coherent instruction.

I'm pretty sure that CT districts will have the ear of the new Education Secretary on the point of federal grants to fund teachers in June and July, if needed. From the parent and student perspective, it's not like we're planning to head up to Nantucket for the summer, innit.

Count me in for the class action lawsuit. I've received nothing but evasive response when inquiring as to what specifically needs to occur for high schools to open. Not one leader at NHPS or City Hall could ever give a clear and concise answer with measurable benchmarks. I have asked repeatedly.