Thursday, May 28, 2020
cheshirecitizen.com
Volume 11, Number 33
Federal aid on its way to local schools
House hunting in the age of COVID-19
By Matthew Zabierek Record-Journal staff
By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
MERIDEN — The school district recently learned it is eligible to receive up to $2.38 million in funding from the federal CARES Act to pay for pandemic-related costs next school year.
It’s springtime. This usually marks a time of new beginnings, including for those in the real estate market.
Superintendent of Schools Mark Benigni said in an email the money will “support increased
Principal Dan Coffey walks through empty classrooms at Casimir Pulaski Elementary School in Meriden on May 5. Gov. Ned Lamont has closed schools for the rest of the academic year due to the Dave Zajac, Record-Journal See CARES, A8 coronavirus pandemic.
To find out how the market is doing this spring in light of COVID-19, The Citizen checked in with realtor Carly Kirsch of Berkshire Hathaway in Cheshire. See House hunting, A10
Area high school seniors remain committed to college choices By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
She also grew up wearing green and white.
And she is planning to join her uncles when she enters Michigan State next fall as an incoming freshman. But whether Waldron’s college career officially starts at home in Wallingford, in front of a computer, or in a physical classroom at the East Lansing, Michigan, campus has yet to be determined.
Those are the school colors for Michigan State University. Two of Waldron’s uncles graduated from there.
Officials leading Michigan State, as with many colleges and universities across the country, have yet to decide
Sheehan High School student Gracie Waldron, 18, smiles on a break from playing tennis with friends last week at Doolittle Park in Wallingford. Waldron will be attending Michigan State University after the summer break. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
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Gracie Waldron is senior class president of Sheehan High School. But maroon and gold are not the only school colors Waldron has worn throughout her academic career.
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