06/23/10 The Raw Greenwich News Feed:

The Latest News Reports About Greenwich

Malloy, Lamont find much to agree on New Haven Register (subscription) 10 primary, the party's endorsed candidate, former Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy, and challenger Ned Lamont, a Greenwich businessman, were interviewed live by ...

Greenwich Town Chair and Greenwich First Selectman endorse Garber for AG Norwalk Plus Magazine By Ross Garber for Attorney General campaign Jim Campbell, the Chairman of the Greenwich Republican Town Committee, has announced his endorsement of Ross ...

Reputations Don't Return When Prosecutors Drop Charges Bloomberg By David Glovin - Jun 23, 2010 David Stockman, founder and senior managing director of Heartland Industrial Partners, LP, sits in his home in Greenwich, ...

The Business Insider Greenwich Is Hiring 50+ Cops To Make Sure "Bootlegging Groupies" Don't Crash ... The Business Insider Matt Dalio, the son of billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio, is freaking out the entire town of Greenwich with his plans to throw a huge Dave Mathews ... See all stories on this topic

Junior Legion team tops Greenwich Ridgefield Press The Ridgefield American Legion Junior baseball team got over the .500 mark with a 5-1 victory over Greenwich on Monday. Ridgefield, the defending district ...

Reverend charged in child porn case worked beside elementary school Greenwich Time Albertson Memorial Church of Spiritualism next to Old Greenwich School, behind trees at right, ...

Bridgeport men face more charges for crime spree Ct Post Gregory Jetter is charged in connection to cases in Orange, Monroe, Stamford and Greenwich. Lakeem Jetter is charged in cases in Monroe, Stamford, Greenwich ...

Swan song with a new twist: Homeowner reports bird-napping Greenwich Time The empty pond in front of 212 Taconic Road, Greenwich, as seen Tuesday afternoon, June 22, 2010. ...

Yale women's hockey player needs a stem cell transplant to save her life Stamford Advocate Contributed Schwartz, a 22-year-old forward and teammate of Greenwich resident Bray Ketchum on the Yale University ...

TheMedGuru Sunlight may help evade respiratory ailments--study TheMedGuru ... and other respiratory illnesses, reveals a novel study conducted by investigators at Greenwich Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine. ...

Business People: Cullinane garners branding awards Ct Post Cullinane Inc. of Old Greenwich, a brand design firm whose principal is Robert Cullinane, won two gold, one silver and two bronze awards in the Advertising ...

"A Stitch in Time" Gets More Time Maine Antique Digest Because of strong attendance, the Greenwich Historical Society in Greenwich, Connecticut, has extended its current exhibition, A Stitch in Time: Quilts from ...

Tornados storm to first The Hour With a final record of 7-2-0, the Tornados moved ahead of both Fairfield and Greenwich in the standings. Robert Araveno scored the first goal three minutes ...

Area Stocks: WWE gains as full episodes hit YouTube Ct Post Genesee & Wyoming, a Greenwich-based operator of short-line and regional freight railroads, was off $1.74 to close at $38.13. Frontier Communications Co. ...

W.Va. Amateur scores Greenwich Time ... the par-70 Old White course: While seen as a genteel sport, croquet is also extremely competitive, says Barbara Leeming, of the Greenwich Croquet Club. ...

Nestle Waters 'Optimistic' Sales Will Rebound CSP Daily News GREENWICH, Conn. -- Nestle Waters North America, whose sales have dropped for two years, aims for revenue growth of as much as 6% as it expands in markets ...

Greenwich In The Blogosphere

Greenwich Republican leaders endorse Garber for AG - Election 2010 ... By Dirk Perrefort On Tuesday Peter Tesei, the First Selectman of Greenwich, and Greenwich GOP chairman Jim Campbell announced their endorsements for Garber. Tesei said he would begin hitting the campaing trail with Garber as early as Wednesday, ...Election 2010 - http://blog.ctnews.com/election2010/

Nedster Harkens the Political Ghost of Another (Former) Greenwich ... By Ken Dixon The Blogster is stunned that Ned Lamont, the Greenwich millionaire running for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, just quoted Lowell "Big Guy" Weicker's 1990 campaign battle cry:"I'll be nobody's man but yours" on the TV debate ... Ken Dixon's Blog-O-Rama - http://blog.ctnews.com/dixon/

Hedge Fund Manager's Son Is The Guy Connecticut Residents Will ... By Bess Levin "We're expecting a big crowd, an invasion of Dave Matthews followers," said Lt. Richard Cochran, a Greenwich police spokesman. "So we're going to have in excess of 40 or 50 officers down there on land. That doesn't include officers who ... Dealbreaker - http://dealbreaker.com/

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11/02/09 The Greenwich Republican Machine Is Going To Steam Roll Lin Lavery In The Upcomming Low Turn Out Municipal Election

First Selectman Peter Tesei Has Lined Up His Supporters To Vote Early.

A Few Greenwich Voters Who Have Pledged There Support To The Republican Incumbent.....

Steve Anderson
Chris Antonik
Louise Bavis
Gregory Bedrosian
Rocky Benvenuto
Mike Bodson
Hon. Rebecca Breed
Tom Broadhurst
Joshua Brown
John Budkins
Nancy & Duncan Burke
Diane Caldwell
Joan Caldwell
Hon. Fred Camillo
Jim Campbell
Jim Capparelle
Randy Caravella
Carl G.R. Carlson, Jr.
David Chiappetta
Mike Chiappetta
Cheryl & Jim Clifford
Tom Conelias
Virginia & Vic Coudert
Charlie Coyle
Kerrin Coyle
Bea Crumbine
Hon. Peter Crumbine
Mary & Mike Curley
David D'Andrea
Kathy Derene
Carole DeSalvo
Irene Dietrich
Richard DiPreta
Anne Drake
Carol Ducret
Marc Ducret
Jean Duffy
Lisa Edmundson
Hon. Scott & Icy Frantz
Suzanne Geiss-Robins
Colleen Giambo
Hon. Lile Gibbons
Marlene Gilbert
Frank Gilbride
William Gremp
Debbie Gunzelman
Mike Harris
Griff Harris, Jr.
Mary & Lloyd Hull
Bill James
Ann & Jerry Isaacson
Lucia Jansen
Barbara Johann
Dick Johann
Jeremy Kaye
Chris von Keyserling
Deb Klein
Dick Kriskey
Jack Kriskey
Genny Krob
James T. Larkin
Larry Larson
Hon. Jim Lash
Tod Laudonia
Lew Lehrman
Mike Lewis
William Lewis, Jr.
Hon. Janet Lockton
Arlene Lomazzo
Cheryl & John Lucarelli
Lucy Macaluso
John B. Margenot, Jr.
Michael Mason
Sue McClenachan
Alice Melly
David Messer
Josie Monroe
Ceci & Bob Morgan
Linda Moshier
Winona Mullis
Frank Musca
Veronica Baron Musca
Moira & Frank Napolitano
Hon.William Nickerson
Art Norton
Joe Pelligrino
Agnes & Frank Petise
Lisa & Michael Pollard
Erford E. Porter II
Hon. Claudia Powers
Hon. Lolly Prince
Angelo Pucci
John Raben
Tom R. Ragland
Giff Reed
Stu Reider
Jim Reilly
Joe Ricciardi
Janice Richards
Bob Richardson
Rob Robben
Stacy & Ralph Roe
Hal and Lois Rogers
Mike Rogers
John Sanna
Rob Searle
Melinda Sherman
Cheryl Schroeger
Phil Skidmore
Teresa Stanton
Scott Stewart
Bob Stone
Louisa Stone
Val & Cliff Storms
Leslie & Marcus Tarkington
Sam Telerico
Catherine Tesei
David Theis
Chris Thurlow
Paul Toretta
Frank Trotta
Aide Von Gontard
Steve Walko
Joan Wallace
Sandy Waters
Nancy Weissler
Ruth Wilson
Dora Williams
Nancy Wolf
Carol Zarilli
Arlene Zimmer

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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

By Andrew Shaw
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

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

School Officials And Politician's Face The Parents Of Hamilton Avenue School.

Hamilton Avenue Parents And Greenwich Media Outlets Are Being Lied To By Betty Sternberg's Administrators.

School Employees Replaced Molded Cieling Tiles From The Modular Classrooms Over One Year Ago.

That's Right Greenwich School Official's Knew About The Mold Over One Year Ago.

Town employees say Hamilton Avenue School Principal Damaris Rau knows that mold covered ceiling tiles were discovered and replaced over one year ago in the temporary modular classroom buildings

It appears that Principal Damaris Rau in a Greenwich Public School decision to replace the contaminated tiles and not tell parents about the mold over one year ago.

The reason that 90% the modular classroom buildings eaves, or soffits, were covered in mold is that Principal Darius Rau did not demand that the children placed in her care be protected.

If Principal Rau had demanded that the mold had been properly remediated when it was first discovered over one year ago, then the mold would not have spread so extensively through the temporary modular classroom.

This was definitely a school maintenance problem that was improperly handled by Greenwich School Facilities Director Tony Byrne and Principal Rau, because the mold was discovered and then hidden from the school parents and taxpayers.

Maintenance and proper remediation were delayed out of fear of how Hamilton Avenue and Glenville school parents would react to the contamination in the modular school classrooms.

School officials and administrators were afraid of how active Hamilton Avenue Parents, like Lauren DiBella, Mina Bibeault, Rose Furano and Dawn Nethercott would react if it was disclosed that mold was found in the temporary modular classroom building.

There tremendous fear about how the parents and the media would react if it was disclosed that the Hamilton Avenue Children had been once again exposed to mold in the new school building.

Further there was a fear that the very vocal parents of Glenville School would refuse to send their children to the contaminated modular classrooms, when the Hamilton Avenue students moved out.

For over five years Hamilton Avenue parent Lauren DiBella has been right about Greenwich Public School Administrators.

She and other parents were stonewalled by school officials five years ago , when students and staff complained about headaches, nausea, and respiratory problems at the Old Hamilton Avenue School.

When Ms. DiBella complained during the last year that children were suffered from headaches, prolonged sinus infections in the temporary modular classrooms, she was again ignored by school administrators.

Further more, Town Employees are also saying that Principal Rau and other school administrators agreed to hide the mold from Hamilton Avenue Parents for over one year, because they feared they could not handle the displacement of hundreds of Hamilton Avenue School students.

Principal Rau knew that there is a good chance that removing the molded tiles filled the classroom air with airborne mold spores, but she did no care that her students and teachers would be exposed to airborne mold particles and spores.

Rau was only worried about her job, so she went along with administrators who wanted to hide the contamination in the modular classrooms from parents from both Hamilton Avenue School and Glenville School.

But eventually, the cover up was exposed, because leaks got so bad that water routinely poured into a fifth-grade classroom.

This caused enraged parents to reach out to Greenwich Roundup and other media outlets in town.

If Rau was as smart as, she thinks she is, she would have never got involved in the school administration cover-up to hide the mold that developing in the modular building.

It appears that Rau has not learned her lesson, because she is in on the new cover up to protect incompetent school administrators for being punished for hiding the mold contamination from parents.

Is Principal Rau going to take the fall for Facilities Director Tony Byrn, Superintendent for Business Services Sue Wallerstein or Greenwich School board member Michael Bodson (Who serves as a liaison on town facilities committees) ?

Moreover, Principal Rau and the other lying administrators have no credible back-up plan is for the fall, even though she and they know that Hamilton Avenue School's renovation will most likely not be ready for students.

Building construction has already been delayed by a year because of repeated school administration foul ups.

Almost everyone, is waiting to see if Principal Rau is going to be the fall gal for Greenwich School Superintendent Betty Sternberg's administrators who were planning to move Glenville Students in the mold plagued building once Hamilton Avenue School was finished.

Worse yet, Principal Rau and Superintendent Betty Sternberg's administrators have put the building's warranty into jeopardy or other issues about who is responsible for paying for the remediation of the modular building, Carp Building Structures lawyers and Miller Building Systems lawyers are going to argue that they are not responsible for any remediation costs, because school administrators hid the mold problem from them for over a year.

Yet, Greenwich Taxpayers are repeatedly being assurred that the board is investigating who is responsible and that Betty Sternberg is going to hold them accountable.

Principal Rau has repeatedly told parents that formaldehyde and other possible contamination has not been looked at closely, because she and other school administrators are soooooooooo concerned about current well being of the displaced children who he let spend over a year in a contaminated classroom.

Rau and other school administrators wont even disclose what type of mold was discovered in the modular classroom buildings.

Soon, building contractors lawyers, parents, reporters are all going to be filing freedom of information requests for ceiling tile purchase orders, tyveck suit purchase orders, respirator and filter purchase orders, installation work orders, work schedules, overtime pay requests,correspondence, emails and photos about the molded tiles that were removed from the modular classroom, over a year ago.

Hopefully Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg, Sue Wallerstein, assistant superintendent for business services and Facilities Director Tony Byrne will not hide or shread any documents about the molded tiles that were replaced over one year ago.

It Is Time For This School Cover Up

To Come To An End.

One Town employee has said that documents about the mold covered ceiling tiles that were replaced over a year ago has been given to a school official that is closely associated with the Board of Education special committee that includes board member Michael Bodson, who serves as a liaison on town facilities committees, School Board Member Steve Anderson, Leslie Moriarty, School Board President Nancy Weissler, Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg and Board of Estimate and Taxation member Jim Campbell.

Further, this Town employee says that if the committee does not start investigating the molded ceiling tiles that were removed from the modular classroom over a year ago, then he will supply these documents to the local news paper.

For the record if the documents are given to Greenwich Roundup, they will be put up here for all the Hamilton Avenue Parents to see.

It's time to face the facts.

And it is time for Greenwich Taxpayers to stop suffering from the fools who administer our public schools.

It is time for incompetent and lying school administrators to be fired.

The truth is that that the modular building will not be remediated of mold problems before the end of the school year.

Greenwich Taxpayers are going to pay dearly to remediate this modular classroom building that was allowed to rot away for over one year.

Shame on

MORE INFO:

03/06/08 - Do You Trust Betty Sternberg When She Says The Air In The Classroom Modulars Was Safe?

03/05/08 - "I don't think they looked into the water problem," Mina Bibeault said. "We've put up with a lot and they've put our kids at risk."