Peter Sherr

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Is Election Silly Season Creating a Stalemate on Superintendent Contract Renewal?

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The BOE voted 4-4 down party lines on a one-year contract extension, Republicans voting yes for one year and Democrats voting no, preferring a 2-year extension. The motion failed to pass. On a motion to extend the contract for two years, there was another tie vote down party lines. That motion also failed to pass. BOE chair Joe Kelly announced he would not be seeking another term in the November election and that was more reason for the superintendent’s contract extension to be one year, not two. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Schools, Amy Muth, Board of Education, Central Middle School, Christina Downey, Clare Kilgallen, Cody Kittle, David Lancaster

Greenwich Republicans Point Fingers at CMS PTA While PTA Calls Former State Rep’s Survey Misleading

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Tensions are mounting as the deadline to submit request or state grant money for CMS looms and cost estimates may exceed $67.5 million approved by BET. To qualify for the grant the funding must be “adequate.”
At Thursday’s BOE meeting, CMS PTA co-president Jen Behette said parents had been confused by a survey from former State Rep Harry Arora whose wife is on the building committee. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Schools, BET, Beth MacGillivray, Board of Education, BOE, Central Middle School, Clare Kilgallen, Dina Urso

RTM Approval of $500K CTCL Grant in Jeopardy after Claims Votes Weren’t Counted

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The vote to approve the grant passed with a total of 210 votes – 104 in favor, 101 against and 5 abstentions.
After the announcement of the vote, there was a bit of a kerfuffle and members interrupted the moderator during discussion of item 11 to say some people believed their votes had not been counted. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Government, ADL, Aiden Wasserman, Alexis Voulgaris, Andrew Winston, Anthony Moor, Anti-Defamation League, Barbara Shellenberg

ERICKSON: Hector Arzeno is the right candidate for these times.

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“Hector has zero interest in grandstanding.  You surely will not see him on Newsmax propagating a narrative that a broad swath of public school teachers are indoctrinating our children.  This false narrative negatively portrays our local school system and hurts all of us.” – Laura Erickson is currently serving her second term on the BET and is a former Chair of the BOE Continue Reading →

Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Hector Arzeno, Laura Erickson, Peter Sherr