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According to chair of the building committee Steve Walko, the project remains on-time and on-budget. The temporary certificate of occupancy date remains December 24, 2018, with a projected move-in date of February 19, 2019, which is the first day after winter break. The project has received two reimbursements from the state to date totaling $8,214,311. Continue Reading →
New Lebanon School children were on vacation while work progressed on their new school. Continue Reading →
On Dec 2, the New Lebanon PTA will provide chaperoned activities for kids so parents can spend time shopping the boutique. There are over 30 vendors this year! Continue Reading →
On Thursday, New Lebanon School’s Theater Club will perform Disney’s The Aristocats Kids! There will be two performances – one during school and one in the evening for families and friends. Continue Reading →
“As you debate the Sense of the Meeting Resolution regarding the progress of the New Lebanon School construction, we offer the following factual explanation of the construction reimbursement process.” – Greenwich Delegation Continue Reading →
“New Lebanon school has long been identified as the next major project in the BOE’s overall improvement plan and it is needed desperately. Overcrowding results in pre- K classes being pushed to another facility, classes being taken in hallways and no space for enrichment activities.” – John Blankley Continue Reading →
“The State’s response to our failure to uphold the agreement is to force redistricting. This is currently being discussed in Fairfield and West Hartford. If redistricting is enforced, the Town of Greenwich would be required to cross-town bus approximately 900 students at a minimum estimated expense of $1,500,000 per year for transportation alone. In addition our neighborhood schools would be lost which would impact all residents’ property values.” – PTA Council executive board and 12 additional PTA executive boards Continue Reading →
“Some naysayers, even some in my own party, reject a grant designed to solve this problem. The state’s agencies have signed off on the grant and its purpose, so why argue with that? Some are opposed to a larger school but the experience we had with Glenville tells us that we should build appropriately sized schools to accommodate demographic swings. …Then some try to use the state’s financial situation to bolster their position.” – John Blankley, Continue Reading →
“The new school’s size is driven not by classrooms, but rather by the need to bring the common spaces up to the District’s standard sizes. The new building will not exceed those standards and there are no extra classrooms. In fact, the footprint and size of this building are smaller than the last two elementary school projects – Glenville and Hamilton Avenue.” – New Lebanon Building committee Continue Reading →
On Thursday night, students from across the district were honored for participating in service activities that help improve both their schools and community. Continue Reading →