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Danbury Educator Named 2024 CT Principal Of Year Danbury Educator Named 2024 CT Principal Of Year
Danbury Educator Named 2024 CT Principal Of Year A Fairfield County principal has received two high honors: the 2024 Middle School Principal of the Year and the 2024 Connecticut State Principal of the Year. The Connecticut Association of Schools selected Dr. Kristy Zaleta, the principal of Rogers Park Middle School in Danbury, for both awards. Now in her 21st year with Danbury Public Schools and her sixth year as principal of Rogers Park, Zaleta has consistently demonstrated her commitment to fostering a positive and inclusive school environment, said officials with Danbury School. Before her current role, Zaleta was …

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Danbury Educator Earns Exceptional Principal Award Danbury Educator Earns Exceptional Principal Award
Danbury Educator Earns Exceptional Principal Award An educator in Fairfield County has been awarded the prestigious Exceptional Principal Award. In Danbury, Rogers Park Middle School Principal, Dr. Kristy Zaleta, accepted the award from the Connecticut Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents.  The award “recognizes a school principal who goes beyond the day-to-day demands of their position to create an exceptional educational environment for Latino students and their families,” the organization said.  Rogers Park Middle School is composed of 78 percent of Black, indigenous students of color, 6…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Fairfield County Students Fall Ill From Chocolate Believed To Contain THC, Police Say Fairfield County Students Fall Ill From Chocolate Believed To Contain THC, Police Say
Fairfield County Students Fall Ill From Chocolate Believed To Contain THC, Police Say An investigation is underway after a group of Fairfield County middle school students fell ill after eating chocolate believed to contain THC. Police began an investigation on Thursday, March 31, after between 10 and 15 students at Rogers Park Middle School, located in Danbury, became sick after eating pieces of a "WONKA BAR" edible, according to the City of Danbury Police Department. Police said the chocolate bars are commercially-manufactured edibles that contain THC. The edible was distributed at school by three other students, who have been identified by investigators, authorities said…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Support Pours In For Danbury Boy Hit By Roof During Storm Support Pours In For Danbury Boy Hit By Roof During Storm
Support Pours In For Danbury Boy Hit By Roof During Storm A community has come together to help an eighth-grade boy who remains hospitalized after a piece of metal roof hit him during last week's severe line of storms. Lloyd Thyne, an honor student at Rogers Park Middle School in Danbury, was attending freshman orientation at Henry Abbott Technical School in Danbury on Tuesday when a gust of wind blew a piece of metal roofing that struck him. He suffered a fractured skull, punctured lung, broken femur and several other injuries. More than $10,000 has been raised so far on a GoFundMe page you can visit here. You can share this story on Facebook b…

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by Joe Lombardi