OPINION: Start time issues can be solved

“Rolling back start times to 8 a.m., as some have suggested, would be unconscionable. All the leading medical authorities and experts in the United States have spoken in one voice recommending an 8:30 start time or later. Not a single sleep expert has suggested that 8 a.m. is “good enough.” – Greenwich Schools Parent, Jim Healy Continue Reading →

BOE Request for Temporary Lights at Central Middle School Denied by Planning & Zoning

Fields at Central Middle School. File Photo

The Board of Education went before the Planning & Zoning commission on Thursday with a proposal for a few weeks in early sprig 2018 for temporary lights at Central Middle School to be used by the 154 member GHS Rugby team. They said the lights would be powered either by diesel or electricity. When the commissioners said it had to be one or the other, the facilities director picked electricity. The commission voted 5-0 to deny. Continue Reading →