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“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 →
“The facts in this debate are on the side of the Republican BET members who took the step to pass this budget under intense pressure, great duress and the theater of emotional overreach by many well-intentioned parents.” – Dan Quigley, RTC chair Continue Reading →
The Greenwich Board of Education has devolved into eight (nxxxxxxxxps) sitting around a table lurching from one costly fiasco to the next. Continue Reading →
“If Republicans again block any update to the town’s ‘debt policy’ at the BET’s ‘decision meeting’ later this month, they could pay a heavy price in November, and November isn’t far away. Tick-tock.” – Mike Warner, Past Chair of the RTM Finance Committee Continue Reading →
Though Peter Sherr was absent, the Board of Education voted unanimously for current chair Peter Bernstein to retain his position. Continue Reading →
In their first and only one-on-one debate Peter Tesei and challenger Sandy Litvack talked about civility, economic development, Drew Marzullo’s arrest and BOE charter change. Continue Reading →
Listing 3 issues facing Greenwich today, District 8’s von Keyserling wrote, “provision of public debate without the fanatical bullying and character assassination of pubic volunteers in the media.” Continue Reading →
“We, the officers of the RTC, do not condone any obstruction to one’s right to have their name appear on the ballot. Whether a candidate is petitioning for a primary or to simply be included on the ballot in November, no one has the right to impede their access to obtain the necessary signatures. Any such attempts are simply wrong and not in keeping with the virtues of democracy.” – RTC statement, Aug 1, 2017 Continue Reading →