Whether it’s the loss of a favorite teacher, cuts to services like tutoring or mental health support, or even the complete shutdown of their school, almost every public school student in Connecticut will feel some type of impact from the expiration of federal pandemic relief funding.
Municipal officials, educators and students from around the state converged on the State Capitol Thursday, demanding more funding for public schools and higher education at a time when the distance between poor cities and wealthy suburbs combined with regressive property taxes is widening the gap in learning and success.