Open Schools program scaled back
It was Tuesday evening at the Celentano Museum Academy on Canner Street, and all was chaos and noise. Loud music and screams sounded from the gym, kids raced the hallways and the school’s roaming security guard did not seem to care. School, of course, had ended.
“Just another day,” Tiant Ellison, the on-site supervisor, said. “Every other day something happens with boys.”
As part of the New Haven’s Open Schools Initiative — which keeps four elementary and middle schools open during the year from 4 to 8 p.m. — these boys and many students can be found at school after hours...
