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“If Mr. Winters doesn’t want to call the science into question, he shouldn’t recommend an 8:15am start time. What’s clear is that he is bowing to pressure from a minority of parents who are putting the interest of athletes ahead of the general student population.” – Jonathan Perloe Continue Reading →
“There is a commonsense compromise: Shorten the school day by 2½ minutes per instructional block (15 minutes total per day) and move the start time back to 8:15am.” – GHS Headmaster Dr. Chris Winters Continue Reading →
Sectionals continue to be cancelled on Monday. Continue Reading →
After parents and students urged the Superintendent and BOE not to roll back start times, Greenwich Schools Superintendent said the start/end time steering committee is focusing on logistics, not on a roll back of start times. Continue Reading →
“This shouldn’t be polarizing. It should be done without throwing out the science of sleep. I fear this will bee seen in the context of a political movement. We’re honoring the science of sleep, but realizing some small adjustments could make a big difference – we will not surrender or retreat.” – GHS headmaster Chris Winters Continue Reading →
First Selectman Peter Tesei asked for more aggressive police enforcement against double parking on Hillside Road and suggested a working committee be formed to explore smoother drop off and pick up. Continue Reading →
“Many of the issues you raise are not influenced by student parking on Hillside. Parents make illegal maneuvers, they pull into driveways, they double park. They will do this whether there is street parking or not. …The Greenwich Police Dept has allowed that practice out of sheer practicality. There are not good options for after school pick up.” – GHS Headmaster Dr. Chris Winters Continue Reading →
Rather than a walk out, a highly structured indoor event that was billed as a Unity Rally.The first speaker was Headmaster Winters. Continue Reading →
In addition to awards for students at all the elementary, middle schools and GHS students – one in each of the five houses – the Fleishman Award for Community Service, which WMS principal called “The Ernie,” went to René Lapointe Jameson. Continue Reading →
“Thanks to the Greenwich Police, we had extra patrolmen at school and in the front circle to provide an added level of safety. The police presence was out of an abundance of caution, not any specific concerns.” – GHS Headmaster Dr. Chris Winters Continue Reading →