12/02/08 It Is Hard To Make Sence Out Of The Board Of Education Press Release That Cub Reporter Colin Gustafson Has Reguritated In The Greenwich Time

Hey Colin, Am I Going To Be Thrown In The Street

With Those Crippled People?

Cub Reporter Colin Gustafonson's Contant Publishing Of Board Of Education Press Releases Has Concerned Greenwich Newsreader's Scratching Their Heads.

Non-ADA Compliant YMCA Will Continue To Discriminate Against The Crippled Of Greenwich, But Will Offer Daycare To Greenwich Teachers

By Cub Reporter Colin "Run The BOE Press Release Through The Spell Checker Before Hitting The Publish Button" Gustafson

Posted: 12/02/2008 02:32:25 AM EST

Greenwich public school officials are hoping to drum up townwide interest in a new day care program slated to provide better child-care options to local teachers without costing town taxpayers a dime.

Teachers will get first dibs to register for the program, which is slated to accommodate as many as 60 preschool-age children at two Greenwich Family YMCA locations, starting in August 2009.

Thirty children are to be housed in three new classrooms at the YMCA's main building on East Putnam Avenue, which is undergoing renovations, while another 30 will attend the program at a YMCA child-care center at 2 St. Roch Ave.

Ellen Flanagan, the district's director of human resources, said the program will not create additional costs for the town, since its $1,300 monthly tuition will allow the YMCA to fund operating expenses and staff salaries independently.

District officials will unveil more details of the program at an information session for interested teachers at 4 p.m. today........

COMMENT:

Hold On There My Little Cub Reporter.

This Hyped Up Greenwich Board Of Education Press Release That You Have Reguritated For Us Is Not Very Clear.

THERE SHOULD BE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS !!!!

Who is going to pay the $1,300 monthly tuition for up to 60 Greenwich school teachers.

Is the non-ADA compliant Greenwich YMCA going to dip into it's multi-million dollar bank account and pay the monthly childcare $1,300 bill for up to 60 Greenwich Teachers

Did the Greenwich Board Of Education Offer this $1,300/ Month all along to teachers or is this a non-benefit that will have to come out of teachers pockets?

Would current disadvantaged YMCA pre-school children get thrown in the street in order to give 60 Greenwich school teacher's priority enrollment?

Is the non-ADA compliant Greenwich YMCA trying to improve it's image by putting disadvantaged school children next to Crippled children who can not enter the building?

Shouldn't have Greenwich Time Cub Reporter Colin Gustsfonson made a few phone calls and asked a few questions before publishing this one sided press release?

Maybe Greenwich Roundup should make a few phone calls for Greenwich Time Cub Reporter Colin Gustsfonson.

Well lets call up the non-ADA compliant Greenwich YMCA childcare director, Susan Inglese, at (203) 869-3381 and ask her the above questions.

Ms. Inglese was very helpful she said she was not sure who would be payng the $1,300 / month tuition for up to 60 of the teacher's children, but she was pretty sure it would not be the Y.

Ms. Inglese further stated that any child currently in the non-Ada Compliant YMCA childcare program would not lose there slot to 60 pre-schoolers of Greenwich teachers.

However, Greenwich parents who have been on the Y's childcare waiting list could get their families name pushed down 60 or more spaces depending where they were on the list.

This will upset some Greenwich parents who were at the top end of the waiting lit and were told they were next in line for some new spaces in the Greenwich YMCA's basement.

Ms. Inglese was unsure how many new spaces or how many families would be bumped and suggessted I call the Y's communication director Ashley Rowe at (203) 869-0405. We eventually got bumped around to Ms. Rowe's voicemail box and left a message.

We are now waiting for a reply and will report what Ms. Rowe says to Greenwich Roundup.

While we were waiting for Ms. Rowe to get back to us we called up Ellen Flanagan's office at the Greenwich Board Of Education (625-7400)

Jerry told us that Ms, Flanagan was in a meeting, but she informed us that the $1,300/ month was comming out of the teacher's pockets.

So it this whole board Of Education Press Release Is About A Non-Monitary Benefit For Teachers That Will Allow Greenwich School Teachers To Bump YMCA Families 60 Spaces Down The Childcare Waiting List After They Had Patiently Waited Their Turn In Line.

So we decided to call up the boss of the YMCA, Rebecca Fretty at (203) 869-1630 and Ms, Fretty's assistant Laura said that her boss would not comment about YMCA families getting bumped 60 spaces down the waiting list and she quickly dumped us in YMCA Communications Director Ashley Rowe's Voicemail Box without even saying goodbye.

So A This Point In Time, We Are Still Waiting To Here From Ashley Rowe About The Greenwich YMCA Families That Are Getting Bumped Way Down The Childcare List.

PLEASE SEE:

12/01/08 Rebecca Fretty Brings Refreshments Outside To The Terrace Following ADA Compliance Controversy

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