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• School District Reorganization Committee Announced

  —Middletown Eye

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  Update: Monica Polanco provided nice coverage of the parents meeting at Macdonough last night, in the Hartford Courant. -----------Board of Education Chair Ted Raczka announced the names of the Ad Hoc Feasibility Committee, which will work on possible redistricting and other changes to the school system. A series of possible [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 10:15am EST
  by fishmuscle (Stephen H. Devoto)

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• Norwalk BOE December 1st Meeting in Video

  —yourCT.com

  Three parts below. Thanks NEF! Board of Education Meeting, Dec. 1, 2009 – Part 1 from Norwalk Education Foundation on Vimeo. Norwalk Board of Education Meeting, Dec. 1, 2009 – Part 2 from Norwalk Education Foundation on Vimeo. Norwalk Board of Education Meeting, Dec. 1, 2009 – Part 3 from Norwalk Education Foundation [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 8:29am EST
  by turfgrrl

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• State propose shifting cost burden of charter school to local municipalities

  —Hat City Blog

  In their attempt to save a buck, the state is considering shifting the cost burden of charter schools from the state to cities and towns...and this is REAL BAD news for Danbury.
  
  The Hartford Courant reports:
  The State Board of Education is considering four proposals that would overhaul [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 2:39pm EST
  

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• Board of Education December Meeting

  —Middletown Eye

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  The Board of Ed held their regular meeting on Tuesday night. Amid other business, the discussion covered the new student enrichment program and the proposal for redistricting the elementary schools. The meeting was held at the council chambers at City Hall, in front of an audience of a few dozen [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:01am EST
  by Jen Alexander

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• School Environment: Key Factor in Student Achievement

  —Woodstock Cafe

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  from the Board of Education

  Common sense suggests that students who feel safe, supported, and engaged in school are more likely to learn well. In the last 30 years, a growing body of research has confirmed the importance of the learning climate for students. Compelling empirical research shows that a positive [...]

  Posted: December 05, 2009, 3:06pm EST
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• Board of Education Sponsored Workshop Tonight

  —Middletown Eye

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  Middletown Public Schools hired JCJ Architecture to figure out how to solve school overcrowding at Moody and bring Macdonough school into racial balance with the district's average. JCJ presented their findings at the last Board of Ed meeting (as reported in the Eye). There, they decided to host two public [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 1:34pm EST
  by Izzi Greenberg

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• A New Chairman for the Woodstock Board of Education

  —Woodstock Cafe

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  by Becki 

  Just in from the Board of Education meeting…….

  The BOE voted and elected Anthony Walker as Chairman, Scott Sincerbeaux as Vice-Chair and Carol Andrzeicik as Secretary.

  Chairman Walker took the gavel and started conducting the meeting with a personal greeting - a positive and inclusive message. One item Chairman Walker brought [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:53pm EST
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• New Board of Education Seated, Chair Elected

  —MainStreet-Marlborough

  

  Chair O'Brien

  
  After some discussion Betty O’Brien was elected the new Chairperson of the Marlborough Board of Education with one abstention from John O’Toole. The nomination of Ms O’Brien was questioned by Mr O’Toole who stated, that this year’s budget process could be as contentious as' [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:22pm EST
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• Board of Ed Reduces Public Comment Time

  —Middletown Eye

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  At Tuesday night's Board of Education meeting, the Board voted on several policy changes, including a change to the Bylaws of the Board to reduce the amount of time individuals have to speak from 5 minutes to 3 minutes during the "public session" portion of the agenda.The Board also updated [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:40pm EST
  by Jam

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• Fireworks At City Hall

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  Who knew that the first board of education meeting (BOE) would create more controversy than the Common Council meeting? But even though Nick Kydes threw a temper tantrum and threw Joanne Romano’s  stuff down the dias so that he could site next in Laurel Lindstrom’s old spot, the night of [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:54pm EST
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• JCJ Architecture Presents Report to Board of Education

  —Middletown Eye

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  (Note: A complete report on the Board of Education meeting Tuesday will appear in a later post on the Middletown Eye.)On Tuesday, principal architect for JCJ Architecture, Greg Smolley shared his company's findings and conclusions with the Board of Education regarding a plan to redistribute students and reconfigure classrooms to [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:19pm EST
  by Middletown Eye (Ed McKeon)

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• Raczka Re-elected Board of Education Chair

  —Middletown Eye

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  As expected, Democrat Ted Raczka was re-elected Board of Education Chair, and Bill Boyd co-chair, and while the Democratic majority on the board tilted the vote in Raczka's favor, it was not a vote entirely along party lines.In fact, Democratic board member Renee Johnson-Thornton started the proceedings by breaking with [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:04pm EST
  by Middletown Eye (Ed McKeon)

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• Judging People By The Color Of Their Skin

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  Holy Civil Rights era, Batman, the racist vigilantes have struck again. It seems that here in 2009 there are those that still believe that a persons ability is determined by the color of their skin. The vilagantes are coming out over the Norwalk Board of Education recent election results. Two [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:46pm EST
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• Committee Reportedly Studies Transformation of Macdonough to Magnet School

  —Middletown Eye

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  Tonight JCJ Architecture will discuss their recommendations for school redistricting at the Board of Education meeting (Middletown High School Communications Center, 7:00 PM), among those recommendations are several unconfirmed options for Macdonough Elementary school reported to the Eye.Macdonough has received well-deserved attention lately for an impressive improvement in learning and [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:08am EST
  by Middletown Eye (Ed McKeon)

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• Four Town Showdown

  —ctnewsjunkie.com

  Four towns in Connecticut will need to hold runoff elections on Nov. 24 for one Town Council and three Board of Education seats. According to the Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz, recounts following the Nov. 3 municipal elections resulted in ties in four communities. In Avon, [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 2:09pm EST
  

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