NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) -- It is back to school for students in the Elm City on Thursday, and New Haven’s superintendent discussed what is new this school year.

At the Cooperative Arts and Humanities Magnet High School, they are expanding more into digital and visual arts, but that is just one of many changes.

A major priority for the superintendent is trying to re-engage students after the pandemic. Many urban districts are still struggling with chronic absenteeism. If a kid is not in his classroom seat in New Haven, the superintendent wants to try to find out why.

COVID-era federal funding is gone, so that’s been a budgeting challenge, requiring cutting jobs and closing at least one school. Kids who ride the bus should be safer this year, with cameras now recording any cars that don’t

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