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TexasTowelie

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Sun Sep 20, 2020, 09:04 PM Sep 2020

Teachers' Unions Call for More Guidance On School Closing Due To COVID [View all]

HARTFORD, CT — Educators across Connecticut were nervous schools would open and districts immediately would start reporting COVID-19 cases. That’s exactly what happened.

Schools opened earlier this month and as soon as students returned to the classroom, districts started announcing a student or an educator tested positive for COVID-19. However, unions representing teachers and paraprofessionals said there’s no uniform way to handle both situations across school districts.

Some schools closed, some schools went to online learning, while others only sent certain classes home for isolation.

From Newington to Naugatuck, Waterbury to Glastonbury, and East Hartford to West Haven, varying degrees of action have been taken at each impacted building.

Read more: https://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/20200916_teacher_unions_call_for_more_guidance_on_school_closing_due/

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