Rebecca Karabus
Staff Reporter
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New BOE elects criticize Harries

Newly elected New Haven Board of Education members Darnell Goldson and Edward Joyner said Tuesday that before they vote on whether to renew New Haven Public Schools Superintendent Garth Harries’ ’95 contract, they want to see more of his leadership.

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Magnet schools seek higher enrollment

New Haven Public Schools magnet schools received only $36 million of the potential $37.2 million available from a state grant, but Chief Financial Officer Victor De La Paz says this funding gap reflects shortcomings in the state’s magnet school funding formula, not a failure of the schools themselves.

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BOE seeks more equitable funding

New Haven’s Board of Education is reworking its fund-allocation model to make resource distribution more equitable between schools.

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Student BOE elections reviewed

A day after winning a third term as Ward 1 alder, Sarah Eidelson ’12 was back at work Wednesday night, co-chairing a meeting of the Board of Alders’ Joint Education/Youth Services Committee.

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Two incumbent alders unseated

Two incumbents were unseated Tuesday in two of New Haven’s six contested aldermanic elections.

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Exhibit honors deceased migrants

Latino Modern Avant-Garde, a group of three New Haven-based Latino artists, launched a weeklong exhibit Monday that honors migrants who died trying to cross the border into the United States from Mexico.

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Elm City philanthropy group expands statewide

Just one month after its official launch, The Prosperity Foundation — a New Haven-based philanthropic group aimed at strengthening African-American communities — is expanding its reach statewide.

SEL improves Elm City suspension rates

Suspension rates have dropped at several New Haven Public Schools, NHPS officials reported Monday at a Board of Education Teaching and Learning Committee meeting. Administrators present cited the Social and Emotional Learning curricula, launched in 2011, as a leading cause of the decline.

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Harp praises Elm City tap water

South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, a nonprofit organization that supplies water to Greater New Haven, has called on Elm City residents to drink tap water in lieu of bottled water as a way to eliminate plastic waste.

Harp presides over first BOE meeting

Mayor Toni Harp unveiled the 10 Point Education Plan Tuesday at her first meeting as the president of the New Haven Board of Education.

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Marijuana dispensaries seek licensing

The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection will announce three new locations for medical marijuana dispensaries in New Haven and Fairfield counties by early next year.

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