MERIDEN — Having largely backed away from efforts to compel school districts to regionalize, Gov. Ned Lamont bid to improve student outcomes has turned to teacher training and boosting the number of minority educators in the classroom.
“My first priority is to have great local schools where the community can be involved and parents can be involved,” Lamont said on Tuesday from the stage of H.C. Wilcox Technical High School, with his new education commissioner, Miguel Cardona, by his side.
“There is nothing better than having a great local school where I can be more involved,” Lamont added.
The comment drew a chuckle from an audience of about 70 lawmakers, education officials and students invited to hear him lay out his educational priorities. During his first year in office, Lamont’s push to encourage school district rationalization drew scores of alarmed parents to the state capitol in protest. The legislative effort was eventually dropped.
Lamont says he still wants local communities to share back office expenses, technology and transportation in hopes of spending more on classrooms but is no longer sure the governor’s office has the to take the lead in the effort.
Instead, Lamont says his educational focus in the 2020 legislative session will be to keep a planned Education Cost Share Formula increase moving forward on time and strengthening the workforce development pipeline between schools, advanced manufacturing and biotechnology fields.
“In Connecticut, our strength has always been an amazing school system,” he said. “We have to do a better job when it comes to careers ... Are we designed to...
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