The 2025 PTA Council Award for Excellence in Voluntarism went to Tom Casazzone.
Lisa Sylvester was awarded 2025 PTA Lifetime Award for Excellence in Voluntarism. Continue Reading →
PTA Council Essence Awards Shine a Light on Volunteers
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Greenwich Public Schools
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Open letter to BOE, BET and RTM: A Blueprint to Save School Start Times.
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“I believe a solution exists: a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) among the BOE, BET, and RTM. While not legally binding, MOUs are common tools for bridging gaps between commitment and legal execution. They offer good-faith, public assurance that all parties intend to act in a specific, coordinated way. They are reliable because the signatories make clear, unambiguous public representations – and any breach is highly visible and reputationally costly. In my experience, while not legally binding, MOUs have proven to be binding in every other respect in providing virtual certainty.” – Jim Healy Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, BET, BOE, Greenwich Public Schools, Jim Healy, RTM
Possible Brunswick Indoor Sports Facility Hits Snag: Limited FAR on East Side of King Street
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After word of the proposal spread to public schools families in Greenwich, there was a strong response on social media. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Real Estate, Schools, Sports, Brunswick School, FAR, Greenwich High School, Greenwich Public Schools
Greenwich Public Schools “Difference Makers” Announced for April 2025
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Greenwich Public Schools families, students, co-workers, or community members can nominate their difference maker online and is open to all employees of Greenwich Public Schools, full or part time, in good standing Continue Reading →
Filed under: Schools, Difference Makers, Greenwich Public Schools
BOE Struggles to Shave $4.1 Million from the Greenwich Schools Budget
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“The impact of these cuts is not abstract. Reductions of this scale threaten the educational opportunities we offer our students and are going to jeopardize the longstanding reputation of Greenwich Public Schools.” – BOE chair Karen Hirsh
“I don’t think we have fully done our job. What I observe are mostly political theatrics here.” – Cody Kittle Continue Reading →
Filed under: Schools, Cody Kittle, Dr. Michael-Joseph Mercanti-Anthony, Dr. Toni Jones, Greenwich Public Schools, Jen Behette, Karen Hirsh, Kathleen Stowe
Greenwich Board of Education Extends Superintendent Jones’ Contract Two Years
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Three of the four Republicans seated voted to table the vote until a later date. That vote failed. The board then voted on the contract extension. The vote was 5-3 with three of the Republicans voting no. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Schools, Dr. Michael-Joseph Mercanti-Anthony, Dr. Toni Jones, Fred Camillo, Greenwich Public Schools, Harry Fisher, Jen Behette, Karen Hirsh
How To Save $4+ Million from School Budget? Restore GHS 7:30am Start Time? $220 Pay-to-Play for a GHS Sport?
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The board discussed a pay-to-play scheme for athletes. Cody Kittle said charging a $220 fee per athlete, per sport, based on 2,072 athletes, yielded a savings of $455,600 – or 20% of the GHS Athletics budget. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Schools, Cody Kittle, Dr. Michael-Joseph Mercanti-Anthony, Dr. Toni Jones, Greenwich Public Schools, Karen Hirsh, Kathleen Stowe, Laura Kostin
Greenwich Public Schools Announces Six Distinguished Teachers Award Recipients for 2025
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The entire GPS community is welcome to celebrate our amazing teachers at the Distinguished Teachers Award ceremony, set for 4:30pm on Thursday, May 8 at Central Middle School. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Schools, Beena Ramachandran, Bethany Fuscaldo, Distinguished Teachers Awards Committee, Frances Bittman, Greenwich Public Schools, Julia Haas-Godsil, Ralph Marmor
Students Honored at 2025 Community Service Awards Ceremony at GHS
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Since 1986, students are annually selected from each elementary school to accept the award on behalf of the entire school for service activities and projects that they have participated in throughout the year. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Schools, Adrian Dedvukaj, Alida Elliott-Bocassi, Amanda Guliner, Anna Stempien, Arabella McKersie, Ava Jackson, Avery Walker
Big Support at RTM for SOMR Requesting BET Reopen Vote on 2026 Schools Budget after Passing a $4.1 Million Cut
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The SOMR refers to the severe disappointment with the BETs vote to reduce the school budget by over $4 million and requests that BET re-open the operating budget vote for fiscal year 2026, to better meet the financial needs of Greenwich Public Schools. Continue Reading →