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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

03/12/08 - Why Was It Ok To Remove Dumpsters Of Contaminated Plywood, But Not OK To Remove School Desks And Chairs?


Why Did School Maintenance Workers Need To Use Resporators And Tyveck Suits To Remove Plywood From The Walls Of The Modular Classrooms?

Did the maintenance workers use the same spacesuits to remove the childrens desks and chairs from the modular classrooms?


Why Isn't The Greenwich Time Speaking To Anyone Who Is Questioning Why Dumpsters Of Plywood Were Removed From The Modular Classrooms And Carted Away In Less Than
72 Hours?


Why is only
Nancy Weissler, (Chairman of the Board of Education), Kim Eves, (Director of communication), Sue Wallerstein, (Assistant superintendent of business services), Damaris Rau (Hamilton Avenue School Principal) and the Greenwich Public School Website cited in today's Greenwich Time News Story?

Why arn't officials from the Greenwich Department of Health quoted in this story?


Could It Be That The Wet Contaminated Plywood's Glue Was Emitting Formaldehyde?

Like Some Town Employees Have Suggested.

Headline:

No mold hazard found at Ham Ave. modulars

Quote:

"We're talking about additional tests that need to be done," said Nancy Weissler, chairman of the Board of Education, adding that the testing will delay remediation by another week.

Story:

.... Because more testing is needed before items from the school can be safely removed from the contaminated site, that will delay when architects and engineers who are to investigate the cause of the mold can enter the structure and do their work. Until that happens, officials won't know the full extent of the mold problem and the type of remediation that will be necessary, school district officials told the Board of Estimate and Taxation's budget committee last night during a Town Hall meeting....

This whole thing about incomplete and misleading tests is just a dog and pony show.

Non of these tests are independently performed.

Why Is The Board Of Education Is Hiring And Paying The Test Takers?

Why aren't the proffessionals at the Greenwich Department of Health hirring, paying and evaluating independent test results?

How can Glenville and Hamilton Avenue School parents can trust this failed school administration?


Do you really trust Greenwich School Superintendent Betty Sternberg?

You are just as silly as you look if you really think the School Superintendent is going to remediate the contaminated modular classrooms that were KNOWINGLY used by little children for over one year.

The rest of the contamination evidence must be destroyed.

Here is what's really going to happen...


The school district has also asked Turner Construction Co. to provide cost estimates to demolish the modular structures and acquire other ones, said Sue Wallerstein, assistant superintendent of business services.

Parents should not worry one bit about the school administrators who take care of their little children, because every thing is going just fine.....

... "The kids are so happy," Rau said. Fourth- and fifth-graders relocated to Western Middle School are reaping the benefits of a larger cafeteria, she said.

"They are in awe of all the selections they have. They're holding up the lines just so they can look at everything."

Maybe, the little children "are in awe" of what healthy food tastes like when its not exposed to a "...higher level of nontoxic mold spores, but not high enough to be a health hazard...".

Eventually, this Board Of Education coverup is going to be exposed, when failed school administrators,
architects, contractors, engineers and testing companies start getting sued by parents whose children were allowed to sit in a contaminated modular classroom for over one year.

A lot of school administrators and others knew about the contamination for more than a year.

Now
these architects, contractors, engineers and testing companies had better make sure that Hamilton Avenue parents are getting full disclosure or they may find their butts in court face claims of substantial liability.

More Information From Sources Other Than
School Officials And Their Official Website:


03/09/08 - Town Employees: Sternberg's Crew Knew - Mold Covered Tiles Replaced Over One Year Ago.

03/05/08 - The Unionized (Teamstewrs) School District Custodial Staff Are Suggesting That There Might Be A School District Coverup At Ham Ave School.

Shame on


Removed And Destroyed Within 72 Hours.

This Police Officer Also Spoke About How Members Of His Union (The Teamsters) Were Concerned About Formaldehyde.

Further, This Greenwich Police Officer Was Very knowledgeable About The Contaminated Modular Classrooms And His Presention Was About 15 minutes Long.

==================================

Many Troubling Questions Remain About How School Superintendent Betty Sternberg Has Handled The Contaminated Modular Classrooms.

Why didn't Betty wait for testing before ripping out destroying plywood walls, but had to wait for multiple tests before allowing desks and chairs to be taken to relocation sites?

02/12/08 - Greenwich Newswire - Local News From The Greenwich Time


The State Street Debating Society has chosen the Rev. Richard Futie, pastor at Sacred Heart Church in Stamford, as its ‘Man of the Year.’
(Kathleen O’Rourke/Staff photo)


Debaters society honors influential priest
STAMFORD - His grandfather and father worked with wood and concrete, but the Rev. Richard Futie opted to build foundations of faith.

Republicans blast proposed tax increase

STAMFORD - As Democratic city officials yesterday defended Mayor Dannel Malloy's proposed $447.8 million city budget, Republicans blasted the 2008-09 spending plan, which would increase property taxes by 9.38 percent

Some lawmakers cool to Rell's tax cap
HARTFORD - Gov. M. Jodi Rell's proposed property tax cap received close scrutiny yesterday from the legislature's Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee.

DOT chief steps down again
HARTFORD - Emil Frankel retires from the Department of Transportation for the second time today.

N. Mianus sues over sewers
Two-thirds of all property owners who received new sewer hookups in North Mianus slapped the town yesterday with a lawsuit claiming they were overbilled for the $23.5 million project.

Dance troupe gives center in Byram a taste of culture
When a group of young Irish dancers picked children out of the audience to join them on stage, Brittany Cleary, 8, was more than ready for her chance to shine.

RTM KOs change to permits for demolition
Dealing a blow to preservationists, the Representative Town Meeting has rejected extending the mandatory waiting period for issuing demolition permits for historic buildings from 90 to 180 days.

LBM Systems seeks to cut waste
Businesses receive and generate loads of paper. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, the paper industry in the United States consumes nearly half of all wood harvested. The council also reports that the 125 million office workers in the country on average each use about 350 pounds of paper annually.

03/12/08 - Greenwich Business Newswire


Still from No Time for Nuts

Greenwich Business News Report

Animation firm set on Greenwich movePublish Post
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT


By Brian Lockhart

HARTFORD - Blue Sky Studios Inc., a digital animation company in White Plains, NY, will move to Greenwich whether or not it receives more ...


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03/12/08 - Greenwich Sports News Wire - Still More On The Greenwich Swim Team


Greenwich Sports News Report

Greenwich leaves Fairfield Prep in its wake to win 16h straight ...
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT
By David Fierro

MIDDLETOWN -- Though he already captured the 50-yard freestyle title in a meet record time of :21.15 seconds, Greenwich High School senior ...


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03/12/08 - Greenwich Sports News - School Sports Update

Greenwich Sports News Report

Ahlberg An Open Qualifier
Hartford Courant
Greenwich (608 points) won the event for the 16th consecutive time and for the 35th time in 36 years. Greenwich edged rival Fairfield Prep, which came in ...


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03/12/08 - Greenwich Newswire - School News


Eliza McNitt

Greenwich School News Reports

Greenwich High student wins science competition
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT
Eliza McNitt, a Greenwich High School junior, captured top honors at the 45th Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium for an original research ...

Fairfield Prep 2nd in Class LL swimming
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT
MIDDLETOWN — Fairfield Prep won two of the first three events, but in the end, Greenwich's depth was too much for the Jesuits to overcome as Greenwich won ...


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03/12/08 - Is The A Special Place In Hell For Some Wealthy Greenwichites


The Vatican Says: Economic injustice, which has left the
poor even poorer and the rich richer

will send obscenely rich straight to hell.

QUOTE:

Then said Jesus unto his disciples: Verily I say unto you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Matthew 19:23, 24

HEADLINE:

Obscene wealth 'can go to Hell'

SOURCE:

NEWS.com.au, Australia

STORY:

The seven deadly sins have grown to at least 14 after the Vatican updated its 1400-year-old list of the worst moral failures to reflect the changing times ...

....
Quoting from Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, reported that certain actions were so unholy that they needed to be deemed as “mortal sins” – not the less serious “venial sins”.

The man in charge of examining confessions and indulgences for the Vatican, Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti, told the Vatican newspaper that priests should be aware of the “new” sins....

....The other “new” mortal sins included taking or dealing drugs and causing poverty or the “excessive accumulation of wealth by a few”, Monsignor Girotti said. According to the Catholic Church, “immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend straight into Hell.”

Pope Gregory the Great listed the original seven deadly sins in the 6th Century.

Those were: Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Greed and Sloth.

Also:

Social effects of sin greater than ever, says Vatican official
Catholic News Service
By John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In today's globalized culture, the social effects of sin are greater than ever before and deserve the church's urgent ...

Vatican official broadens idea of sins
Washington Times, DC
By Julia Duin As if the seven deadly sins were not enough, a Vatican official has suggested adding a few more transgressions to worry about. ...

One Greenwich Hedge Fund Manager Was Heard To Scream From His Waterfront Home...

You know what? It’s time for the Pope to STFU. What an a**hole. I want this do-gooder jackass to define “excessive wealth”.... This coming from a guy who takes a vow of poverty and lives in a palace.... Live in squalor and THEN make this pronouncement.... The Pope can go to hell.
Screw the Church!


It is a shame that we must be told that these activities are sinful, but most people never consider the ramifications of such deeds.

In issuing this list, the Vatican is asking that we become more conscious of what we chose to do in our world.the way we act upon the world and upon each other. Regardless of your religion, certainly you can see the benefit to this. If you fail to do so, it does not surprise me that you also fail to see the sinfulness in the social sins as given by Bishop Girotti.

If you are a Catholic, you will agree with the views of the Church. If not, you will probably be against the Church. That's the way is it and always has been.

It's going to be fun to watch how people will be freaking out about the money thing. Who really has obscene amounts of money? Certainly not half of those who will be defending it.

I suppose it's something we all strive for I guess.

It is clear that the Vatican is targeting those who are selfish with their riches, not those who are trying to make a difference.

The Vatican is right
when it comes to matters of becoming obscenely wealthy, causing poverty and social injustice. Hopefully, some of the obscenely wealth of Greenwich will step up to the plate and help some of the poorest and weakest of Greenwich Society.

Currently, there are hundreds of Hamilton Avenue School Children who have suffered and have not had a school to go to for four long years.

03/11/08 - "I really like this new place," said Alexa Brunetti, 5, "We met new kids today and there is more computers."

I Guarantee You That There Is A Very Special Place In Hell For School Administrators That
KNOWINGLY
Allowed Little Children To Suffer In A Contaminated Modular Classroom For
Over One Year.

03/09/08 - Town Employees: Sternberg's Crew Knew - Mold Covered Tiles Replaced Over One Year Ago.

03/05/08 - The Unionized (Teamstewrs) School District Custodial Staff Are Suggesting That There Might Be A School District Coverup At Ham Ave School.

Shame on


My angel, - his name is Freedom,
Choose him to be your king;
He shall cut pathways east and west.
And fend you with his wing.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson
from "Boston Hymn", "
The Atlantic Monthly", February, 1863

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

03/11/08 - Greenwich Business Wire

Greenwich Business News Report:

Dollar Gains Most in 6 Months Versus Yen on Fed Lending Steps
Bloomberg - USA
``The market is taking this as a sign of a proactive Fed,'' said Alan Ruskin, head of international currency strategy in North America at RBS Greenwich ...


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03/11/08 - Greenwich Art News


Albi Gorn

Greenwich Blog Posting

Locally grown plays, read in Greenwich


By Peter D. Kramer


Award-winning Westchester playwrights Rosemary Foley and Albi Gorn will have their works, “Ophelia’s Mother” and “It’s About Forgiveness,” performed as part of the Acting Company of Greenwich’s popular lunchtime series, Play With Your ...
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03/11/08 - "I really like this new place," said Alexa Brunetti, 5, "We met new kids today and there is more computers."


Let's all take a big sip of School Board Kool-aid and forget all about those incompetent and deceitful school administrators that knowingly left little children in a contaminated classroom for over one year.

Ham Ave. students return to school



Greenwich Time - Staff Writer

The story of a friendship between Owen, a baby Hippo displaced from his home after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and Mzee, a 130-year-old tortoise in Africa, was a fitting tale to share with kindergarten students from Hamilton Avenue School yesterday.

It was their first day at Glenville School after modular classrooms in use while Hamilton Avenue School is under renovation were closed for the rest of the year because of mold.

Elaine Gencarelli, media specialist from Hamilton Avenue School, decided to the read the book, "Owen and Mzee: A True Story of Remarkable Friendship," to the kindergartners during their first period for its theme of displacement and friendship...

... Damaris Rau, Hamilton Avenue School principal, and Deborah Cline, Hamilton Avenue School assistant principal, spent yesterday visiting each school to which their students were dispersed....

Quote Of The Day:

"I think its going to be a fantastic experience for the students, learning about community support and forging new relationships," Glenville School Principal Marc D'Amico, said while wereing rose colored glasses.

"I don't see any negatives in this at all,"as Principal D'Amico took another big sip of Superintendent Betty Sternberg's red colored Kool-aid.


I guess increased taxes for single family homeowners is not a negative....

03/11/08 - Board of Education Chairwoman Nancy Weissler: Taxpayers Had Better Get Ready To Pay For School Board Mismanagement

I guess that screwed up Connecticut Mastery Tests is not a negitive.....

03/10/08 - Hamilton Avenue School Students Will Excell On The CMT's If The Biology Questions Are About How Mold Effects Children In A Small Classroom.

I guess that Greenwich School Administrators hiding mold from Hamilton Avenue Students for over one year as that children were suffered from headaches, prolonged sinus infections in the temporary modular classrooms is not a negitive....

03/09/08 - Town Employees: Sternberg's Crew Knew - Mold Covered Tiles Replaced Over One Year Ago.


Principal Marc D' Amico Keeps Telling The Glenville Parents Not To Worry About The School Administrators That Were Knowingly Going To Put Their Little Children In Contaminated Modular Classrooms.

But maybe Glenville parents should start listening to the maintenance staff member's who refuse to take a sip from Superintendent Sternberg's kool-aid.

03/05/08 - The Unionized (Teamstewrs) School District Custodial Staff Are Suggesting That There Might Be A School District Coverup At Ham Ave School

03/11/08 - More On The Greenwich Church That Can't Find $400,000 From Don't Tell The Donor .org


03/11/08 - "Diets are mean. The first three letters are d.i.e. That's why they don't work. You shouldn't try to do it in six weeks."


Lifestyle change is key to losing weight, experts say


Special Correspondent - Greenwich Time

Donna Simone says her biggest mistake when trying to lose weight more than six years ago was setting unrealistic goals, which included denying herself food and a target weight that was too low....

03/11/08 - Board of Education Chairwoman Nancy Weissler: Taxpayers Had Better Get Ready To Pay For School Board Mismanagement


Incompetent School Administrative Snakes
Are Going To Make
Greenwich Single Family Home Owners
Pay Through The Nose


At the opening of last night's
Greenwich, the Representative Town Meeting, Board of Education Chairwoman Nancy Weissler told the RTM that school officials will make an interim appropriation request in April for the costs incurred from the recent relocation of Hamilton Avenue School students.

The town was forced to move the students to six other schools after mold was discovered in the modular units housing them while their own building is renovated.


What
Board of Education Chairwoman Nancy Weissler faiiled to tell the RTM was that this relocation and tax increase might have been avoided if the Board Of Education had not covered up the modular school classroom mold problem over one year ago.

03/09/08 - Town Employees: Sternberg's Crew Knew - Mold Covered Tiles Replaced Over One Year Ago.


Shame on



03/11/08 - The tax relief program allows residents 65 and older who earn a maximum of $39,000 to receive up to $1,700 in property tax credits


Senior advocates have said that with tax relief, older residents can stay in their homes for longer, which forestalls their move to assisted living facilities, nursing homes and other institutions.

Seniors seek to ease tax restrictions


Greenwich Time - Staff Writer

Allowing people with disabilities to participate, loosening the income and age restrictions and adding a deferment option were among the changes seniors would like to see in the Elderly Property Tax Relief program....

... Tim Bassford, 51, of Chickahominy, also asked town officials to consider extending the program to the disabled who face the same economic struggles as the elderly.

"They're exactly in the same boat," he said.

Among one of the proposals the committee is studying is a way for seniors to delay paying their taxes until they sell their homes. The deferral program would place a lien on the property and when the home is sold, the taxes, including interest, would have to be paid from the proceeds.

"The tax deferral is a simple process and a guarantee that the town will get its money," said Suzanne Geiss Robbins.

03/11/08 - The Rainbow Bridge: Rainbows in Art, Myth & Science with Dr. Raymond Lee, JR.


Marianne Smith Memorial Lecture. Mar. 14
March 14, 2008 at 7:30 P.M.

Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT.

203) 869-6786 Ext. 320.

The Rainbow Bridge: Rainbows in Art, Myth & Science with Dr. Raymond Lee, JR.

Reservations required.

More Info On:

Raymond L. Lee, Jr.
U. S. Naval Academy

03/11/08 = This week, police Chief David Ridberg and police will interview 16 candidates for five vacant police officer spots


The Greenwich Police Department's ranks fell to 143 officers, 13 below the recommended number of 156. police officials said

Recruiting for police officers picks up


Staff Writer

After facing a staffing crunch and shortage of qualified applicants two years ago, the Greenwich Police Department has netted dozens of eligible candidates for police officer with new recruitment efforts....

.... Of the 284 applicants for the job this winter, about half passed the physical fitness test to qualify to take the written exam, Mary Jo Iannuccilli, assistant director of human resources for the town said

"I think we did pretty well over all with the number of candidates who qualified for the written exam," Iannuccilli said. "We had a nice pool of candidates from which to choose."

Once offered the job, the candidates must also pass a psychological evaluation, a polygraph test, and pre-employment physical, Ridberg said.

The starting salary for a Greenwich police officer is $51,837. Officers earn $65,163 after five years....

03/11/08 - The Milbrook Club was transformed into a Russian palace decorated in lush fabrics, rich colors and jewels; guests were whisked away ......


Greenwich Adult Day Care President, Kath Burgweger with gala chairwoman, Caralyn Stevens and Greenwich Adult Day Care treasurer, Tony Daddino.

Winter gala a success for GADC


Source: Greenwich Post

More than $100,000 was raised for Greenwich Adult Day Care at “A Night at the Winter Palace,” the Russian-themed gala hosted Jan. 26 by the organization and chairwoman Caralyn Stevens and her committee.

The event featured silent and live auctions led by auctioneer John Cooper,....

03/11/08 - Greenwich Newswie

Greenwich News And Sports Reports

Divers give Greenwich big lead heading into Class LL finals
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT,USA
Sparked by O'Connell's first-place finish and freshman Connor Brisson's fourth-place showing at the FCIAC Diving Championships, Greenwich captured the FCIAC ...

Ride for Greenwich is May 11
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT
The 2008 ‘Ride for Greenwich’ bike ride offers families a fun and active way to celebrate Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11. Organized by Greenwich Safe Cycling, ...

United Rentals settles three class-action suits
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
The settlement "will not have a material effect" on operating or cash-flow results, the Greenwich, Conn.-based company said in a statement yesterday. ...

GHS goes after its 16th straight Class LL title
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT,USA
By David Fierro

With Fairfield Prep in Class L, the Greenwich High School boys swimming team enjoyed a stress-free day at last year's Class LL championships ...


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03/11/08 - Greenwich News From The Greenwich Time


"These are critical items, said David Melick, chairman of the
RTM Public Works Committee.


RTM OKs funds for storm-related repairs

Nearly a year after a nor'easter devastated several parts of Greenwich, the Representative Town Meeting overwhelmingly approved $727,000 last night for bridge, road and other infrastructure repairs necessitated by the storm.

....After last year's nor'easter, the town spent $640,000 of the $727,000 repairing a number of severely damaged bridges, culverts and dams. Among the structures needing repairs were the Bailiwick Road bridge over the Byram River in Glenville, the Bible Street culvert in Cos Cob and the Cos Cob Pond dam.

The Bailiwick Road bridge sustained extensive damage to its stone masonry parapets and deck....


Woman suing town over lack of drains

A backcountry woman is suing the town, contending it failed to install drainage on her street that would have prevented severe flooding of her Corrigan Lane home during last April's nor'easter.

Cops expect more arrests in pot case

Greenwich detectives and federal agents expect more arrests to come from a Greenwich-based marijuana trafficking and money laundering ring from which they've seized $1.4 million in cash, according to Greenwich police. Six people have been indicted for running the operation.

YMCA sees membership increase

One might say the recruitment of new members at the Greenwich Family YMCA has gone swimmingly with the opening of its new Olympic-size pool.

03/11/08 - Learn to play guitar



The Department of Parks and Recreation will offer guitar lessons at the Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center in Glenville.

The program will be held for six weeks beginning Monday April 7 to May 19. The program will have classes for adults and children 8 years old and older.

The class schedule will be as follows:

• Beginners 8 to 13 years old, 4 to 5 p.m.
• Returning students 8 to 13 years old, 5 to 6 p.m.
• Adults 14 and older, 6 to 7 p.m.

Students will learn chords, scales, theory and, best of all, learn to play their favorite songs. One-hour classes will focus on providing a high level of instruction in a fun, cooperative atmosphere.

Guitars will be provided each class if needed. Rentals are available.

For more information or to register, call the Bendheim WGCC at 532-1259 or visit Greenwichct.org.

Via The Greenwich Post

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[Majority opinion in 7-1 ruling that prohibited the closing of courtrooms to the press], July 2, 1980

Monday, March 10, 2008

03/10/08 - Greenwich Post: Costello resigns as GHS girls basketball coach Greenwich High School's Charles Costello stepped down today as head girls

Costello resigns as GHS girls basketball coach

Greenwich High School's Charles Costello stepped down today as head girls basketball coach.

"Serving as girls’ basketball coach for the past two seasons has been an incredibly rewarding and enjoyable experience," the coach said in a statement e-mailed to the Post.

The Lady Cardinals finished the season 3-17 overall, with victories against New Canaan, Central and Bassick high schools.

Check Greenwich-post.com later for updates. Click on "Sports."

03/10/08 - Greenwich Blog Wire


Greenwich Blog Post

Doug Tallamy’s New Book
By Bill Cary

Tallamy, a professor at the University of Delaware, will be the keynote speaker at an environmental symposium tomorrow night (Tuesday, March 11) at the Greenwich, Conn., public library. It starts at 6:30 pm. ...
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03/10/08 - Greenwich Sports News Wire


Members of the Greenwich Blues pose for a team photo with their trophy after winning the New England Regional championship.

Greenwich Sports News Reports From

The Greenwich Post

Greenwich Blues win gold at Regionals
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT
The Greenwich Blues Pee Wee Major hockey team won the Tier I New England Regional championship in Hartford Sunday evening. Greenwich combined a balanced ...


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03/10/08 - Hamilton Avenue School Students Will Excell On The CMT's If The Biology Questions Are About How Mold Effects Children In A Small Classroom.


Hamilton Avenue Children Know All About Mold
And How It Effects There Little Bodies.


Rau: We'll do well on CMT's



Greenwich Time - Staff Writer

... When {Hamilton Avenue School Principal Damaris Rau} started, the school building was plagued by mold, and students and staff soon were forced to move to a temporary building so their school could be renovated. Since then, her school has been cited by the state for being racially imbalanced, and rising enrollment has created crowded classrooms. In the meantime, their original building, which was supposed to be ready last September, has had major construction delays and won't be ready until this fall.

To top it off, mold was discovered in the temporary building on Feb. 29, which led officials to cancel classes all last week, close the building for the rest of the school year and disperse Hamilton Avenue students to six schools around the district.....

Correction:

Molded Cieling Tiles were discovered over one year ago and Hamilton Avenue School parents were never told there children were in danger.

03/09/08 - Town Employees: Sternberg's Crew Knew - Mold Covered Tiles Replaced Over One Year Ago.

...some parents are worried. At recent public meetings with school officials, they have said the unexpected weeklong break may cause students to lose their readiness to take the test.

"I'm not happy about the CMT (delay). The kids were all very well prepared," said Dawn Nethercott, co-president of the school PTA. "It's an unfortunate situation."

All Greenwich public schools begin the CMT testing at the start of March and must finish by the end of the month, as in the rest of the state. The tests are used to gauge a school's progress under the federal No Child Left Behind law, which determines if a school should be taken over by the state if it does not show adequate progress over time.

Like others, Hamilton Avenue School teachers began heavy test preparation in late February, only to have classes canceled this week....

"The last thing they wanted was a week off," said Cathy Delehanty, president of the teachers' union.

Quote Of The Day: "I think the kids will do the best they can. That's a pretty tough group," John Curtin, assistant school superintendent of research and evaluation said. "If there's any school in the district that's prepared to deal with adversity, it's Hamilton Avenue."

That's right John, "they are a pretty tough group". It is not easy to learn when you have headaches, prolonged sinus infections and your teacher is complaining of about headaches, nausea, and respiratory problems.

I am sure that the Glenville Students will also be
a "pretty tough group" too.

Shame on



03/10/08 - Greenwich News Wire


Pemberwick Brook runs through the center of the

Sherwood Farm Preserve

Greenwich News Reports From The Greenwich Post

Land Trust acquires 11 acres near Glenville Road
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT,USA
Undeveloped land links us to the past and the Greenwich Land Trust’s newly acquired 11-acre Sherwood Farm Preserve is no exception. ...

Colonial Williamsburg teaches American history in Cos Cob
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT,USA
An anonymous Greenwich resident has donated the money to allow Colonial Williamsburg and the Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich to host a ...


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03/10/10 - Greenwich News Wire


Erin Harmonay, Tori, McMachan, Kristyn Rooney and Samantha Salony show off their green wigs at the parade yesterday.

(David Ames/For Greenwich Time)

Greenwich News Reports From The Greenwich Time

StPatrick's Parade rolls along Avenue
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT


By Neil Vigdor

Even though she's Italian, Samantha Salony certainly looked the part yesterday in her chartreuse wig at the annual Greenwich St. Patrick's ...

Sacred Heart to welcome Austrian sisters
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT
The choirs from Greenwich and Austria will perform at both the upper school Celebration of the Arts, April 25, and the spring concert on April 26. ...

Town cleans up after storm
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT,USA


As of 1:05 pm yesterday, Connecticut Light & Power reported that 2062 of its Greenwich customers had no power, nearly 8 percent of those served by the ...


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