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Connecticut Woman Misused PTO Funds, Arrested: Police Connecticut Woman Misused PTO Funds, Arrested: Police
Connecticut Woman Misused PTO Funds, Arrested: Police A Connecticut woman serving as president of a parent-teacher organization group allegedly drained approximately $12,000 from the group’s bank accounts, leaving them without enough money to hold school events, authorities alleged. Tolland County resident Marissa Marks, age 41,  of the town of Somers, was arrested on Tuesday, May 23 for allegedly misusing parent-teacher organization (PTO) funds, the Connecticut State Police reported. According to witness statements, Marks was elected to the Somers CT PTO in 2019, before Somers Public Schools shut down in-person classes due to COVID. Sh…

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by Sophie Grieser
News
COVID-19: Student Tests Positive At CT School Shortly After Case With Staffer Causes Closure COVID-19: Student Tests Positive At CT School Shortly After Case With Staffer Causes Closure
Covid-19: Student Tests Positive At CT School Shortly After Case With Staffer Causes Closure Fifteen students and staff members at a school in Connecticut are being quarantined after a student tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after a case involving a staffer caused the school's closure for two days. The latest positive result was brought to the attention of officials at the Somers Elementary School on Sunday, Sept. 13. Somers is located in northernmost Connecticut and borders Massachusetts. The student, in one of the second-grade classrooms at the school, reported not feeling well on Friday, Sept. 11, said Somers Superintendent Brian P. Czapla. The student was subse…

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by Joe Lombardi
Schools
COVID-19: CT School Closes After Employee Tests Positive COVID-19: CT School Closes After Employee Tests Positive
Covid-19: CT School Closes After Employee Tests Positive An elementary school in Connecticut will be closed for several days after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. Somers Schools Superintendent Brian Czapla announced this week that the elementary school will be closed on Wednesday, Sept. 9, and Thursday, Sept. 10 after a staff member that works with pre-K students tested positive for the virus. Somers is located in northernmost Connecticut and borders Massachusetts. While the building is closed, officials said that the building will be sanitized and contact tracing has already begun. “I apologize for the late notice and the impact o…

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by Zak Failla