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On Tuesday morning a large group of Greenwich Public Schools PTA volunteers gathered at town hall to honor nominees for the Essence awards. This year there were an unprecedented 16 nominees. Continue Reading →
The guests of honor, Jen Behette, Cody Kittle, Laura Kostin, and Kathleen Stowe, were presented gifts that included an engraved teacher brass hand bell from Greenwich Public Schools, a bouquet of flowers from Dr. Jones, and certificates of appreciation and mementos from PTAC’s Lisa Sylvester and John Fisher. Continue Reading →
The FOI Commission will consider the matter for disposition at its meeting which will be held in person at the FOI Commission’s hearing room, conference room H, on the ground floor at 165 Capital Avenue, Hartford, CT at 2:00pm on Wednesday, Oct 22, 2025. Continue Reading →
Thursday morning’s Board of Education candidate debate at Greenwich High School was organized by Aaron Hull’s We The People team of students, who came up with the list of questions that included budget cuts and school start times, class size, student absenteeism/ICE, cell phone policy, and the quality and cost of Cardinal Café food. Continue Reading →
Debate questions touched on GHS start time, BET budget cuts/reductions, Town vs BOE lawsuit, teacher morale, redistricting, divisive political climate, and Cardinal Stadium lights. Continue Reading →
The structural frame of the new Central Middle School was officially complete with the “topping out of the steel” or “topping off” ceremony on a hot day in August. Continue Reading →
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 →
The board did not vote on cuts to Transportation (bus routes) that would change school Start Time or changing the GHS House structure to eliminate 5 full time employees, citing the fact that 2 BOE members – Cody Kittle and Wendy Vizzo Walsh – were absent. They did vote to reject pay-to-play sports at GHS. Continue Reading →
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 →
“I want to thank everyone on the building committee for all their stellar work for the town. Without these people, we wouldn’t be here today. This team worked tirelessly. They met 119 times at the school at 7:00am over the past 30 months and 10 days. And we didn’t pay them a dime.” – James Waters, Old Greenwich School building committee chair Continue Reading →