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Friday, April 11, 2008

04/11/09 - You Have To Dig For Information - Oh, and by the way the Greenwich Public School System is taking over the Western Greenwich Civic Center

If you want to read the latest news about the Hamilton Avenue School Mold Problem look under......

Design for park unveiled

By Martin B. Cassidy / Greenwich Time Staff Writer

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Also yesterday, the Board of Selectmen unanimously gave preliminary approval to a Board of Education request to use the Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center as a possible place to move Glenville School students during a two-year renovation of the school.

In the wake of mold problems in modular classrooms at Hamilton Avenue School, currently under construction, education officials consider the civic center perhaps the best option for relocating part of the Glenville student body, BOE Chairman Nancy Weissler told the board. "
We're looking at all the options," Weissler said.

Siegrun Pottgen, a Glenville resident, said despite sympathizing with Glenville parents who want children kept close by, it seemed unfair that the of Education could take over the civic center without any consideration of the community's other needs.

Many adults benefit from the center's adult education and exercise programs and classes, Pottgen said. "The Board of Education just goes out nonchalantly and says this is what we want," Pottgen said. "Well, we have our own ideas about using the center and you don't even give us a voice."....

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04/10/08 - Ken Borsuk Of The Greenwich Post Hits The Web With A News Scoop


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