HEADLINE:
The options presented by the Greenwich Board Of Education caused negative feedback to come from the audience of parents and community members
QUOTES:
“This has all the key ingredients of discrimination,” said Hamilton Avenue parent Gina DeMartis who wants to know how the board could consider a building unacceptable for the Glenville students, but OK for her children.
“This is not a plan,” Glenville parent Deb Klein said. “This is an outrage and an insult to the Glenville community, and we will not stand for it.”
“Offensive,”says Glenville parent Celia Fernandez
STORY:
Backup plans for construction get F’s from parents
BREAKING NEWS Posted 11:06 a.m., July 23, 2008
Emergency backup plans in case the new Hamilton Avenue School isn’t finished in time are proceeding, despite strong parent opposition to what’s on the table.
District staff told the Board of Education at a special meeting Tuesday they would not be recommending any dispersion of students. Hamilton Avenue students were sent to other schools this March in response to mold at the modular classrooms. That move has triggered an investigation by the federal Office of Civil Rights as to whether Hamilton Avenue students have been treated fairly.
Without dispersion on the table, it leaves two options: send Hamilton Avenue students to the cleaned modulars until the school is done or send Hamilton Avenue students to Glenville School and put the Glenville students in the modulars. Both solutions require the delay of the planned demolition for Glenville.
There is still a possibility of Hamilton Avenue School not being finished in time for the beginning of school on Aug. 27. Board Chairwoman Nancy Weissler said the idea of not having the school complete is “heartbreaking for all of us.” Frank Mazza, the project’s building committee chairman, expressed optimism that the project will be done on time, but said it depends on whether the contractor, Worth Construction, does its job.
Mr. Mazza told the board there are minor problems that need to be resolved so the building can get its critical temporary certificate of occupancy. He said he believes it can be accomplished by the first week of August.
However, the project remains on a tight timetable with the start of school just weeks away. The district estimates that it needs 31 days to get Glenville School back in shape for student use.
District staff told the Board of Education at a special meeting Tuesday they would not be recommending any dispersion of students. Hamilton Avenue students were sent to other schools this March in response to mold at the modular classrooms. That move has triggered an investigation by the federal Office of Civil Rights as to whether Hamilton Avenue students have been treated fairly.
Without dispersion on the table, it leaves two options: send Hamilton Avenue students to the cleaned modulars until the school is done or send Hamilton Avenue students to Glenville School and put the Glenville students in the modulars. Both solutions require the delay of the planned demolition for Glenville.
There is still a possibility of Hamilton Avenue School not being finished in time for the beginning of school on Aug. 27. Board Chairwoman Nancy Weissler said the idea of not having the school complete is “heartbreaking for all of us.” Frank Mazza, the project’s building committee chairman, expressed optimism that the project will be done on time, but said it depends on whether the contractor, Worth Construction, does its job.
Mr. Mazza told the board there are minor problems that need to be resolved so the building can get its critical temporary certificate of occupancy. He said he believes it can be accomplished by the first week of August.
However, the project remains on a tight timetable with the start of school just weeks away. The district estimates that it needs 31 days to get Glenville School back in shape for student use.
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