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The news is good. Dr. Sal Corda announced that the GHS start time will be delayed, but the current start and dismissal times for the District’s eleven elementary schools and the preschool program will not change next year. Continue Reading →
What happens when the Board of Education tries and fails three times to elect a chair? The clock runs out. Continue Reading →
A whopping 46 people, including many teenagers, signed up to speak for 3 minutes each at the Sept. 22 Board of Education meeting at North Mianus School. On the agenda was the issue of school start times. Continue Reading →
Friday’s perfect weather and charming setting on the back terrace of Town Hall set the tone for the list of superlative town employees who were recognized for their good work in a recognition ceremony. Employees of the year were announced, as well as an excellence in safety honoree, a department of the year, and two surprise honorable mentions. Continue Reading →
Greenwich Public Schools have a new website. Not all the information is available, but it is easy to navigate and attractive. Continue Reading →
At New Lebanon School Tuesday night the Board of Education met to host another public hearing on school start time changes and hold a vote. While they did vote to endorse a later start time at Greenwich High School, they did not vote for option 11, but rather asked the School Bus Consultants to go back to the drawing board with a wish list that includes having all schools start between 8:00 and 8:45am. Continue Reading →
“Our objective is not to advocate for any particular product, but simply to ensure an informed and transparent decision-making process. Based on what we heard last night, we see that the Turf Committee is not considering all the relevant data, and the facts have not been fairly presented to the Board.” – Alex Bergstein and Abby Levy of Greeningourchildren.org Continue Reading →
At Thursday’s Board of Selectmen meeting, Drew Marzullo urged Mr. Toner and Mr. Tesei to ask the Board of Education to begin testing Western Middle School fields immediately. He made a motion toward that end, but neither of the Republican selectmen seconded the motion, and so it was not carried forward. Continue Reading →
One Board of Education member reached out to GFP to say with certainty that the board was split in half, that there was not a “majority” opinion, but rather a split down the middle. Further, the Board member reported being displeased at the lack of transparency from the other half of the board. “There should be public accountability,” the board member said. “And I would like to know the reasoning of the other half of the board.” Continue Reading →
PUBLIC FORUM: New Lebanon School Feasibility Study Continue Reading →