04/03/07 - Lin Lavery, said children who have to use the restroom have to get back in line after they’ve used the bathroom, and that was unacceptable

A group of Greenwich residents is looking to give the Greenwich pool at Byram Shore Park a makeover in the near future. — David Ames photo

QUOTE:

“It’s critical for the community to have an outdoor place for residents to gather, for people to be able to go swimming,”

STORY:

Plans for Byram pool going swimmingly


The summer may be getting a little cooler, but not because of climate change. Greenwich residents may be getting a revamped community swimming pool as the town is expected to accept a gift of $100,000 to begin survey work on the Greenwich pool at Byram Shore Park.

On Monday, April 14, the Board of Selectmen is expected to accept a gift from the Parks and Recreation Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

The current pool in Byram is a residential pool that holds 40 people at a time, and often people have to wait in line 20 minutes to be able to use it....

.... Mr. Pecora was born and raised in Byram and moved to Chickahominy after he got married.

He said he spent much of his summer growing up at Byram Beach and never had a swimming pool he could use during low tide when the swimming at the beach wasn’t good. The idea of four of his grandchildren who live in Greenwich being able to have a pool they can use is very exciting, he said.

The park is 29.6 acres of waterfront property with a lighted baseball field, tennis courts and a marina.

While the Boys & Girls Club and the YMCA both have new pools, what this group is looking for has a different focus — being outdoors and in the fresh air, Ms. Lavery said.

Mr. Pecora said the project is something people have talked about but never really had the opportunity to discuss in detail until Ms. Lavery began to push for it while she was campaigning for selectman.

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03/04/08 - First Selectman Peter Tesei promised to address the issue of accountability later on.

Why Can't Greenwich Politicians Hear What
Hamilton Avenue School Parents are Saying ......

When Are The Politicians Going To Listen To Common Sense:

We need to get rid of Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg and her very high paid administrators who have
failed our school children....

"Mr. Tesei, do not allow our children to be kicked to the curb for a third time by having their school family split up by a town that has for generations treated the western end in general, and Chickahominy specifically, as a trailer park and its residents as poor uneducated trailer trash," Laura DiBella, a Hamilton Avenue School parent said to loud applause.

"If it was a structural problem, why wasn't it fixed when we got it," said Sylvester Pecora, chairman of the Chickahominy Neighborhood Association. "Somebody should take responsibility for this fiasco and should be fired. This is the call I'm getting from the community and, you know, I have to agree."

Ham Ave. students to be scattered throughout district
Greenwich Time

By Hoa Nguyen

Hamilton Avenue School students will spend the rest of the year assigned to Old Greenwich, North Street, Glenville, Parkway, Cos Cob and Western Middle schools, officials told a packed audience at the Greenwich High School auditorium last night during an emergency Board of Education meeting.

Pre-kindergarten students will move to Old Greenwich and North Street schools, while kindergarten classes will be at Glenville School.

First-graders and those in a split first and second grade class will move to Parkway School.

Second-graders, third-graders and those in a split third and fourth grade class will attend Cos Cob School, while fourth-graders and fifth-graders will be in the Western Middle School building....

...Also, the Connecticut Mastery Test was to be administered starting today, but must be postponed for Hamilton Avenue School students because of the shutdown, officials said. The state requires the district to administer the CMT before the month is over, said Barbara Beaudin, the state's acting associate commissioner for assessment and accountability. Any postponement beyond March is highly unlikely, she said....

.... Additionally, the mold problems identified at the modular buildings will affect Glenville School. Students and staff had been hoping to move into the structures while waiting for their school to be rebuilt. The Board of Education expects to have an answer for Glenville School on where they will relocate to by March 27, officials said.

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