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Volume 20, Number 1
Thursday, January 7, 2021
COVID-19 cases dip in town
Winter sports season could begin Jan. 19 Record-Journal report
“We added this meeting on the 7th because we wanted to talk with our Board members to get an understanding, as schools are coming back this week, does the 19th still seem like the day that most of our schools will at least be back in a hybrid model of learning,” CIAC Executive Director Glenn Lungarini said Monday. “Those that went out on distance learning, that was the date that a lot of districts were targeting. It’s really an update meeting for us to learn where we are right now.” It could be that no definitive word comes until the Board of Control’s regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, Jan. 14. That’s because another thread weaves through the winter sports cloth, and
Record-Journal report
A drop in the number of COVID-19 cases reported locally the past two weeks is raising hopes that the downturns are not a mirage.
that’s the stance of Gov. Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Department of Public Health. In November, as the pandemic began its second surge and one day after the CIAC delayed its winter season to Jan. 19, Lamont called a halt state-wide to all youth and recreational team sports, also until Jan. 19. Around the same time, the DPH set playing protocols for winter sports, including the wearing of masks in basketball and hockey. The DPH also recommended wrestling, deemed high risk in the spread of COVID-19, not be staged. Since then, as expected, COVID-19 numbers have risen. The United States surpassed 20 million cases and 350,000 deaths as the calendar flipped to 2021. In Connecticut, 194,636 cases and See Sports, A13
Superintendent of Schools Steven LePage, left, and Assistant Superintendent of Schools David Levenduski are pictured. More photos on Page 12.
‘PJ Day for Kids’ On Dec. 11, students, faculty and staff across Plainville Community Schools donned their pajamas in support of the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center’s “PJ Day for Kids” fundraiser. This was the 10th annual “PJ Day for Kids.” The website, connecticutchildrensfoundation.org, explains the fundraiser “[I]s an opportunity for students and business partners
across the state to show support for patients at Connecticut Children’s. Over the last 9 years, hundreds of thousands of participants have worn PJ’s in honor of children at the hospital who must wear their PJ’s for extended periods of time while fighting cancer or other serious illnesses.” Since 2011, “PJ Day for Kids” has generated more than $1 million for the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
The state’s most recent report, issued Dec. 31, showed 107 positive cases in Plainville. This is down from 144 the previous week and 159 the week ending Dec. 19. Meriden had 318 cases for the week ending Dec. 19 and 317 cases for the week that followed. Wallingford had 141 cases reported by Dec. 19 and 139 for the week that ended the day after Christmas. Southington went 151/146; Cheshire, 83/ 68; and North Haven, 70/68. Compare this to the numbers reported earlier in December. Meriden had 367 cases for the week ending Dec. 12, Wallingford had 192 cases that week, Southington had 190, Cheshire had 94 and North Haven had 85. See Cases, A12
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Tuesday, Jan. 19 is the proposed launch for the scholastic winter season. Will that target date stay fixed? Or, as has happened so often to high school sports during the coronavirus pandemic, will it shift? We could find out today, Jan. 7, when the CIAC Board of Control next meets.