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Boy, 13, With Knife Arrested At CT School Carnival, 2 Others Nabbed For Fighting Boy, 13, With Knife Arrested At CT School Carnival, 2 Others Nabbed For Fighting
Boy, 13, With Knife Arrested At CT School Carnival, 2 Others Nabbed For Fighting Police were kept busy at a school carnival, arresting three teens and breaking up fights in Fairfield County. The incidents took place in Trumbull at Hillcrest Middle School around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, April 14. Police responded to the school after being notified of a fight in which a 13-year-old pulled a knife during a fight with another teen, said Lt. Brian Weir, of the Trumbull Police. When police arrived they were provided with a description of the youth with the knife by witnesses who said two teens were fighting and one pulled a knife, Weir said. The 13-year-old, of the town of Fair…

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by Kathy Reakes
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COVID-19: CT School Closes After Dozens Of Staffers Enter Quarantine COVID-19: CT School Closes After Dozens Of Staffers Enter Quarantine
Covid-19: CT School Closes After Dozens Of Staffers Enter Quarantine A Fairfield County middle school will be forced to close for the rest of the month after dozens were forced into quarantine due to possible COVID-19 exposure. Hillcrest Middle School in Trumbull has closed its doors for in-person learning for two weeks after 70 people were forced into quarantine the school announced this week, leaving them with an insufficient amount of substitute teachers to cover staffers forced to miss classes due to the virus. In the interim, the school will transition to a remote learning model, and the high school will remain open as long as there are no additional ca…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: New Positive Case Confirmed At School District In Connecticut COVID-19: New Positive Case Confirmed At School District In Connecticut
Covid-19: New Positive Case Confirmed At School District In Connecticut There has been another newly confirmed COVID-19 case in a Fairfield County school district. Hillcrest Middle School Principal Bryan Rickert confirmed that there was a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis in Trumbull, though he did not disclose whether it was a student or staff member, citing privacy laws. The person with COVID-19 was last in the school building on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Rickert said that contact tracing began immediately, and any student who came into close contact with the person will be alerted on Wednesday, Sept. 16, while the building has been sanitized by the school’s custodians.…

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by Zak Failla