Waterbury Public Schools
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Waterbury Public Schools is a school district based in Waterbury, Connecticut
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The district served 18,218 students in the 2006-2007 school year. It is made up of 65% low-income families and is also a minority-majority district. Waterbury is notable as the first school district in Connecticut to establish a dress code for all students.
Waterbury Public Schools operates under the leadership of superintendent Dr. David L. Snead and a board of education that consists of 10 elected members and the city mayor, who acts as the chairman ex-officio. Board members serve four-year terms.
Waterbury's 1,500 teachers work in 30 schools and educational programs. They belong to the Waterbury Teachers' Association.
In March 1999, North End Middle School student Teshana Byars was charged with criminal trespass after attending school while serving a suspension for a dress code violation. The charge was later dismissed, but the American Civil Liberties Union
of Connecticut took on her case, along with three other Waterbury middle school students that been suspended or expelled for violations of the dress code policy.
The trial of Teshana Byars, et al. v. City of Waterbury was held in the Waterbury Superior Court in spring 2001. The court found a reasonable basis for the schools' policy, that baggy clothing could be used to conceal weapons brought to school, and ruled in favor of the school district on November 19, 2001. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE6D91E3BF933A15752C1A9679C8B63
In November 2004, the dress code was amended to include the prohibition of open-toed shoes and patterned clothing. http://66.39.45.80/news/innovations/113004waterbury.html
Alternative
, Hartford, New Britain, New Haven, New London, and Windham.
Waterbury, Connecticut
Waterbury is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, on the Naugatuck River, 33 miles southwest of Hartford and 77 miles northeast of New York City...
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The district served 18,218 students in the 2006-2007 school year. It is made up of 65% low-income families and is also a minority-majority district. Waterbury is notable as the first school district in Connecticut to establish a dress code for all students.
Waterbury Public Schools operates under the leadership of superintendent Dr. David L. Snead and a board of education that consists of 10 elected members and the city mayor, who acts as the chairman ex-officio. Board members serve four-year terms.
Waterbury's 1,500 teachers work in 30 schools and educational programs. They belong to the Waterbury Teachers' Association.
History
Waterbury's first public high school opened in 1851... http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1981/cthistory/81.ch.02.x.htmlDress code
In 1998, Waterbury Public Schools became the first school district in Connecticut to establish a dress code for all students.In March 1999, North End Middle School student Teshana Byars was charged with criminal trespass after attending school while serving a suspension for a dress code violation. The charge was later dismissed, but the American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union is a U.S. non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and...
of Connecticut took on her case, along with three other Waterbury middle school students that been suspended or expelled for violations of the dress code policy.
The trial of Teshana Byars, et al. v. City of Waterbury was held in the Waterbury Superior Court in spring 2001. The court found a reasonable basis for the schools' policy, that baggy clothing could be used to conceal weapons brought to school, and ruled in favor of the school district on November 19, 2001. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE6D91E3BF933A15752C1A9679C8B63
In November 2004, the dress code was amended to include the prohibition of open-toed shoes and patterned clothing. http://66.39.45.80/news/innovations/113004waterbury.html
High schools
- Crosby High SchoolCrosby High School (Waterbury, Connecticut)Crosby High School is a public high school located in Waterbury, Connecticut. It is part of the Waterbury Public Schools district. It has an enrollment of approximately 1368 students. Originally located at 255 East Main Street in Waterbury, it moved to 300 Pierpont Road in September,...
(web site) - John F. Kennedy High SchoolJohn F. Kennedy High School (Waterbury, Connecticut)John F. Kennedy High School is a high school located in Waterbury, Connecticut, in the United States.-External links:**...
(web site) - Wilby High School (web site)
Alternative
- Waterbury Arts Magnet SchoolWaterbury Arts Magnet SchoolThe Waterbury Arts Magnet School is a public Middle/High School located in downtown Waterbury, CT. The school caters to students in grades 6 through 12 in a program that intertwines academics and the arts...
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Middle schools
- North End Middle School (web site)
- Wallace Middle School (web site)
- Waterbury Arts Magnet School (web site)
- West Side Middle School (web site)
Elementary schools
- Barnard School (web site)
- Brooklyn School (web site)
- Bucks Hill School (web site)
- Bunker Hill School (web site)
- Carrington School (web site)
- Chase School (web site)
- Driggs School (web site)
- Generali School (web site)
- Gilmartin School (web site)
- Hopeville School (web site)
- Kingsbury School (web site)
- Maloney Magnet School (web site)
- Regan School (web site)
- Rotella School (web site)
- Sprague School (web site)
- Tinker School (web site)
- Walsh School (web site)
- Washington School (web site)
- Wendell Cross School (web site)
- Wilson School (web site)
Special schools and programs
- Enlightenment Program
- State Street School
- Waterbury Adult Continuing Education (web site)
- Waterbury Early Childhood Education Program (web site)
District Reference Group I
Waterbury is one of the seven public school systems in District Reference Group I, a classification made by the state Department of Education for the purpose of comparison with the achievement levels of similar schools. District reference groups are defined as "districts whose students' families are similar in education, income, occupation and need, and that have roughly similar enrollment". The other six school districts in the group are BridgeportBridgeport Public Schools
Bridgeport Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States.The city's public school system has 30 elementary schools, three comprehensive high schools, two alternative programs and an interdistrict vocational aquaculture school...
, Hartford, New Britain, New Haven, New London, and Windham.