The innovative, flexible and often courageous response of the Norwalk Community School District to the massive challenges of the Covid 19 pandemic has earned the District the 2020 Pivot Award of the Norwalk Area Chamber of Commerce.
The Pivot Award, created by the Chamber as a special one-time only recognition of a local organization’s courage and leadership amid the pandemic year, was presented at the Chamber’s 28th annual Awards Banquet, attended virtually by more than 125 community leaders on January 22.
District Superintendent DT Magee said, "the award honors the achievements of the district’s 3,299 students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in six buildings, its 235 classroom educators, 254 support staff members encompassing administrators, counselors, nurses, custodial teams, transportation drivers and the NCSD Board of Directors." And, he adds, “The parents who supported their children and the district’s decisions and activities have been critical to our achieving a successful school year which began in March 2020 and is continuing daily during the months of 2021.”