Greenwich School Administrators Need To Stop Hurting Our Chilren
Years of Indecision Hurt Town Schools
To the Editor:
The Hamilton Avenue School community has been dealing with mold and its ramifications for approximately five years. The Glenville School community has been lobbying for a renovation of its problem-plagued building for close to a decade. Dr. Sternberg took the position of superintendent of Greenwich Public Schools in August 2006.
Our current problems came about because for years, we had postponed making hard decisions regarding significant repairs and/or outright renovations for much of our municipal infrastructure, including our schools. Thankfully, this should not re-occur, because of the leadership and dedication of hardworking professionals and community volunteers alike.
The various Greenwich Public School communities affected by these most recent events have done an incredible job of taking an unfortunate situation and turning it into a teachable moment. Faculty, administration, students and the Board of Education, with the support of our Board of Selectmen, have all come together, and in doing so, have taught both the affected school communities and the town of Greenwich that where there is a will, there is a way.
Let us learn from our children, move past blame and look toward solutions. It is time to focus on fixing our educational buildings, and our educational practices. While we may have inadvertently deferred or mishandled much-needed maintenance, let us not make the same mistake with respect to maintaining, and improving, our educational standards. Dr. Sternberg recently spoke of her desire - and the need - to look closely at improving our three middle schools and our high school. More specifically, she is keenly aware that many of our nation's premier corporate leaders and educators have been advocating for a realignment .... BLAH ....BLAH .....BLAH .... BLAH ..... signed Christina Russell Riverside Dear Christina, You are right. I think it is a good idea to "Let Us Learn" and "Look Toward Solutions". How about if we fire Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg and a few of her failed school administrators that keep hurting young Children and increasing the tax burden on the single family home owners. You know Christina, I once read that the "nation's premier corporate leaders and educators" have been advocating for ACCOUNTABILITY !!! It is time for the single family home owners to stop suffering the fools that are running the public schools. It is clear that some failed School Administrators have to go so that the other school administrators know that it is time to shape up or ship out. Please Read Andrea's Letter From Riverside...
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