Yesterday, Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal took the floor of the U.S. Senate with "a reminder and a call to action"

Note: December board meeting was rescheduled for January 6, 2014

Present: Frank Mitchell, Mike Doolittle, Wendy Battles, Monique Frasier, Bob Parker, Claudia

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Common Ground is home to a charter high school and a non-profit

by Joan Malerba Foran, Common Ground English Teacher

She stands at the lectern a long
while before lifting her face:
“Forgive me,” she

by Miranda Bailey-Russomano, Common Ground Senior

On December 28th, someone stole the life of one of my classmates, my guidance brother,

by Tiffany Torres, Common Ground's FoodCorps Service Member

I am saddened by the untimely loss of an outstanding student and community

The grandparents who raised him used to call out “Bebo, Bebo!”—baby, in Spanish—to rouse him from his sleep.

Friday morning their

When a gunman shot 18-year-old Javier Martinez to death Saturday, he snatched a cherished life away not only from the

By: Sacha Rafferty

I write today to express my deep sorrow over the senseless murder of Javier Martinez. Javier was a

From The New Haven Register
By Staff report

NEW HAVEN >> Common Ground High School officials issued a statement of grief over