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BOE members balked at being advised they couldn’t seek a second opinion. Meanwhile, the building committee did not want to “pause” to focus on just the MI approval process, but rather to proceed with both design documents as part of the “study and survey” process and the MI approval. Continue Reading →
Tensions are mounting as the deadline to submit request or state grant money for CMS looms and cost estimates may exceed $67.5 million approved by BET. To qualify for the grant the funding must be “adequate.”
At Thursday’s BOE meeting, CMS PTA co-president Jen Behette said parents had been confused by a survey from former State Rep Harry Arora whose wife is on the building committee. Continue Reading →
“Either we support education for our kids or we don’t, and it starts with having adequate facilities from which to build robust educational programs. There is no middle of the road on this.” – Barrett Burns Continue Reading →
Tuesday morning’s Central Middle School building committee started with disagreement over item 8 on the agenda, “Discussion and possible vote on the censure of the BET’s rep to the building committee.” Continue Reading →
Topics included deteriorating public schools Infrastructure, Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, public-private partnerships, partisan rancor, affordable housing. Continue Reading →
“Reasonable people may disagree about the optimal amount to spend on education, but any attempt to equate a 1.3% increase in educational spending as extremism or anti-education is pure demagoguery.” – Cody Kittle, GHS Alum and Greenwich Dad Continue Reading →
“The budget process that began prior to the pandemic was a public affair that was noticed well in advance of meetings, with documents explaining what would be discussed and decided upon. The final decision day was not.” – Janet Stone McGuigan Continue Reading →
“The lack of funding for the Greenwich school system compared to our neighbors is in itself alarming, but it also translates (arguably) to lagging school rankings. Per Niche’s 2020 Best School District Rankings in Connecticut, Westport is ranked #1, New Canaan is ranked #2, Darien is ranked #5, Fairfield is ranked #9 and Greenwich is ranked #12. See a correlation here? Definitely.” – Ed Lerum Continue Reading →
“What we need to do is instruct and guide the Superintendent who is still new and doesn’t really understand the context of Greenwich. Sean (Sean O’Keefe, COO) is even newer and doesn’t understand the context of Greenwich…We need to guide our new employees who may not understand the dynamic in Greenwich and what is accepted.” – Peter Sherr Continue Reading →
“If you read the recent news about 2021 school funding, you would have thought evil politicians were hell bent to destroy Greenwich Public Schools. Fake news if there ever was such a thing.” – Peter Sherr, BOE member Continue Reading →