East Hartford Public Schools Reopening Plan

July 15, 2020

As the State Department of Education continues to release more guidance for reopening schools across the state, local boards of education have been developing creative solutions that keep students, faculty, and staff safe, while fostering a productive learning environment. East Hartford Public School leaders have released a draft of the district's plan to reopen schools for classroom learning.

As part of its work to finalize the reopening plan and move to the next phase of the process, the district will hold virtual Town Halls tomorrow, Thursday, July 16 to provide parents and guardians and opportunity to learn more about the plan, as well as ask questions and provide feedback. 

There will be two virtual Town Halls:

Click the button below to read the first draft of the district's reopening plan.


If you have any questions or comments after carefully reading the draft, you may send them to EHPS ReOpening Task Force at ReOpenEHPS@Easthartford.org. 

This draft aligns with the requirements outlined by the SDE ReOpening Plan,"Adapt, Advance, Achieve: Connecticut's Plan to Learn and Grow Together," released late last month. 

The guidelines seek to provide students the opportunity to return to the classroom while safeguarding the health of both students and faculty. Some of the safety measures include: full-time mask-wearing, smaller classrooms, socially-distanced desks, and cohort grouping of students.

Click here to read SDE's detailed plan.

Last week, SDE held a webinar on the plans to reopen schools to provide further detail on the state's school reopening plan and requirements for local education districts. Watch the webinar below:

Virtual Hearing Scheduled for An Act Concerning Police Accountability

Last Friday the co-chairs and ranking members of the Committee on Judiciary announced LCO #3471 An Act Concerning Police Accountability (AACPA). The bill spans over 60 pages and covers over 40 sections, all related to police accountability and transparency. It builds upon some of the work that was done in 2015, in 2017 and again last year to keep Connecticut at the forefront of reform.

On Friday, July 17 at 10 a.m., the legislature's Judiciary Committee will conduct a virtual Listening Session regarding AACPA, which will be streamed live on CT-N, here. 

Members of the public may submit written testimony in a Word document or PDF to JUDtestimony@cga.ct.gov. When submitting written testimony, please signify your name and town.

If you would like to testify virtually, you must register to testify using the Online Testimony Registration Link, here. Registration will close on Thursday, July 16 at 6 p.m. Speaker order will be listed on a randomized order from the approved registrants and available on the Judiciary Committee's website, here.

If you do not have access to the Online Testimony Registration Link, you can leave a message on the Dedicated Phone Registrant Line at 860-240-5255. Speakers will be limited to 3 minutes of testimony. All testimony, written or spoken, is public information and may be available on the Judiciary Committee's website and indexed by internet search engines.