03/22/08 - Now Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg wants to blame President And Laura Bush for her failures in one of the richest towns in America.

Laura Bush and President Bush discuss “No Child Left Behind,” at North Glen Elementary School in Glen Burnie, Md., Monday, Jan. 9, 2006. “Interestingly enough, in 2003, 45 percent of the African American students in this school rated proficient in reading; in 2005, 84 percent are proficient. In other words, this is a school that believes every child can learn. Not just certain children, every child,” said the President. White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt

Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg Blames Her Poor Performance On George And Laura Bush's No Child Left Behind Initiative.

Westchester Schools Confronting Proficiency Demands

New York Times - United States

By JOSEPH BERGER

IT looms in the distance, a goal meant to challenge the nation’s schools to reach ever higher.It is 2014, the year the country’s schoolchildren must all reach proficiency in reading, writing and mathematics under the federal No Child Left Behind Act...

...Betty J. Sternberg, the school superintendent of Greenwich, Conn., worry that o Child Left Behind is also transforming instruction for all students in ways that are not always good. ...

...Two of 15 schools in Greenwich — which has a sizable poor population despite its reputation as one of America’s richest towns — failed to meet the adequate yearly progress standards for the 2006-7 school year...

..."but the way you judge schools is to judge them solely by a narrow set of skills that are not ‘higher order,’ if you will — I believe this law only hurts.”...

Of coarse the New York Times finds New York Schools that are quick to find school leaders that are failing to meet President Bush's No Child Left Behind Program.The New York Times and Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg dosen't want to talk a New York School like...

Westmoreland Road Elementary School 8596 Westmoreland Road Whitesboro, NY 13495-3201 Ph: (315) 266-3440

This New York School is in the Top 10% in Their States Educational Testing Results with at Least 40% of Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds.

The question for Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg who is Superintendent of the richest town on the richest state in the nation on the face of the earth can't pass the test.

Why are these Mississippi Schools in the Top 10% in Their States with at Least 40% of Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds.

Bayou View Elementary School 4898 Washington Avenue Gulfport, MS 39507-4417 Ph: (228) 865-4625

Biloxi High School 1845 Richard Drive Biloxi, MS 39532-4402 Ph: (228) 435-6105

Long Beach High School 300 East Old Pass Road Long Beach, MS 39532-4402 Ph: (228) 863-6945

Petal High School 1145 Highway 42 East Petal, MS 39465-9740 Ph: (601) 583-3538

But Hamilton Avenue School has failed to meet the standard under Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg's leadership.

Why is this school on the ruff streets of downtown Newark, NJ in the Top 10% in Their States with at Least 40% of Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds?

Harriet Tubman Elementary School 504 South 10th Street Newark, NJ 07103-1802 Ph: (973) 733-6934

But New Lebanon School has failed to meet the standard under Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg's leadership.

I mean if the Bridgeport Schools can get designated as a No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award for....

Multicultural Magnet School 700 Palisade Avenue Bridgeport, CT 06610-3457 Ph: (203) 576-7505

....then why can't Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg pass the test.

Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg wants to blame the children and thier parents for her failed leadership.

Greenwich parents need a School Superintendent that can pass the test.

03/19/08 - May God Bless The Children Of Hamilton Avenue School Who Never Get To Compete On A Level Playing Field.

03/20/08 - Why Won't Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg Let Hamilton Avenue Parents Independently Test The Contaminated Modular Classrooms?

More On How The Incompetent Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg Earns Her Big Fat Pay Check At The Expense Of Single Family Home Owners And Taxpayers.

Coping With the Aches and Pains of School Relocations
Greenwich Citizen, CT
Standing before Superintendent Dr. Betty Sternberg and her staff in the Central Middle School auditorium, Furano continued: "After three long years of a ...

Glenville's fight Parents push to keep kids together, call for new ... Greenwich Post

At Hamilton Avenue Parents say their children are at academic ... Greenwich Post

Settling in Hamilton Avenue kids finish out year in new schools
Greenwich Post, CT
Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg was on hand at Glenville School Monday morning, when the 68 Hamilton Avenue kindergartners hopped from buses and ...

Greenwich superintendent takes responsibility for closed school
Stamford Advocate, CT
By Andrew Shaw
GREENWICH - Betty Sternberg, the town's superintendent of schools realizes her job could be in jeopardy if the Board of Education decides she ...

With Return of Mold, Students Are Displaced
New York Times, United States
Betty J. Sternberg, the Greenwich District superintendent, said officials are doing everything they can to help Hamilton’s roughly 375 pupils make a smooth ...

Schools didn't follow mold policy
Greenwich Time, CT
"Everyone was trained," Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg said of the program called Tools for Schools. "It was variably implemented from school to ...

Mold forces Ham Ave kids from school, parents blame district
Greenwich Post, CT
Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg and Charles Schwartz, an environmental consultant, said the majority of the mold is located in the structure’s

Was it maintenance or design flaws?
Greenwich Time, CT
Superintendent Betty Sternberg on Saturday announced the school would be closed this week and students relocated to other locations for the remaining school.

Balancing strategy endorsed: Schools board confident of plan after ...
Greenwich Time, CT
Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg last year recommended the board try to racially balance New Lebanon School even while the Supreme Court case cast ...

Parents protest school construction delays
Greenwich Post, CT
Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg issued a statement Monday afternoon saying, “The situation at Hamilton Avenue School is one that we are taking ...

Report: Student achievement gap wide
Greenwich Time, CT
... system is really an excellent system, you're addressing all the needs of children in your district," said Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg. ..

District wary of science test
Greenwich Time, CT
Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg has cautioned the Board of Education that this year's science results will likely not be impressive, both here and ...

Students' relocation prompts complaints
Greenwich Time, CT
Superintendent Betty Sternberg said these problems would be addressed. The emergency plan was developed quickly, and the board defended its actions. ...

Much ado about Glenville School Greenwich Board of Education to ...
Greenwich Post, CT
Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg said Monday that no option had emerged as a favorite. “It’s way too early,” she said. ...

Committee discusses relocation options for Glenville students
Greenwich Time, CT
Committee members include board members Mike Bodson, Steve Anderson, Leslie Moriarty and Nancy Weissler, Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg and Board ...

WHEN IS BETTY "YOU CAN TRUST ME" STERNBERG GOING TO GIVE THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME OWNERS AND TAXPAYERS SOME GOOD NEWS FOR A CHANGE.

More Information On....

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), often abbreviated in print as NCLB, is a United States federal law (Act of Congress) that reauthorized a number of federal programs aiming to improve the performance of U.S. primary and secondary schools by increasing the standards of accountability for states, school districts, and schools, as well as providing parents more flexibility in choosing which schools their children will attend. Additionally, it promoted an increased focus on reading and re-authorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). The Act was passed in the House of Representatives on May 23, 2001^[1], United States Senate on June 14, 2001^[2] and signed into law on January 8, 2002.

NCLB is the latest federal legislation (another was Goals 2000) which enacts the theories of standards-based education reform, formerly known as outcome-based education, which is based on the belief that high expectations and setting of goals will result in success for all students. The Act requires states to develop assessments in basic skills to be given to all students in certain grades, if those states are to receive federal funding for schools. NCLB does not assert a national achievement standard; standards are set by each individual state in order to comply with the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which specifies that powers not granted to the federal government or forbidden to state governments are reserved powers of the individual states.

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03/21/08 - “This is incredible,” Ms. Tamm said. “To see all these people come out in the pouring rain to say no to war and to hear all this honking me

Despite the pouring rain, a large group turned out to mark the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War including, at front from left, Peter Berg, Susan Bernstein and Malcolm Decker.

— Ken Borsuk / Greenwich Post photos

Vigil participants mark war’s anniversary with call for peace

The five-year anniversary of the beginning of the United States-led invasion of Iraq was marked Wednesday evening by a vigil on Greenwich Avenue outside of the Post Office where close to 50 people turned out despite a pouring rain. Rain didn’t do anything to damper the resolve of those campaigning for peace, however, as people young and old held up signs urging the government to bring the troops home and asking passing drivers to honk for peace, which many enthusiastically did.

he loud and supportive response caused one participant to remark that when the peace vigils first began several years ago only drivers of hybrid vehicles would honk and now those in trucks and SUVs do too.

The peace vigil was organized by Samarpana Tamm, who said it was important to mark the anniversary of the war because it was no longer a topic in the front of everyone’s minds.

“People seem to have forgotten about the war and that’s a terrible thing,” Ms. Tamm said. “Veterans are coming home without limbs. They have post traumatic stress syndrome and no one’s paying attention to them. The soldiers are coming home asking why are we fighting and it’s so sad. We’re not taking care of our veterans and because of this war we’re not able to take care of our own country. We’ve spent $3 trillion and we don’t have enough money for health care and education in this country.”

Estimates have placed the cost for the war as high as $5 trillion. There have been close to 4,000 soldier deaths since the war began and an unknown number of Iraqi deaths. Ms. Tamm said she wishes the voices speaking out against the war had been heard and listened to in 2003 so it could have been prevented.

Ms. Tamm praised the efforts of American soldiers in Iraq, saying they were doing “a great job,” but she insisted war “is never the answer” and its continuation would only provoke more violence.

Ms. Tamm was just one of many who got soaked by the pouring rain on Wednesday. Many wondered how big the crowd would have been if the weather had been better and others thought the rain was appropriate for such a solemn anniversary.

“The rain is like tears from heaven for all the soldiers that have sacrificed their lives,” Patricia Eggert said. “And for what? It’s heartbreaking.”

Ms. Eggert, a British native, said she attended the vigil because she was ashamed both of how the American and British governments had behaved.

“We’ve had enough of lies and distrust and mistrust of our government,” Ms. Eggert said, later adding, “We’re all paying the costs of this war. Every single person is suffering from this and the impact it’s had on the economy.”

Regular vigils have been held weekly throughout Connecticut, including one on Saturday mornings in Stamford from 11:30 to 12:30 outside of the Ferguson Library. Greenwich resident Frank Scanlan, a former Marine, has been one of the regular attendees of the vigils and has seen how public opinion has shifted in five years to being strongly against the war and for withdrawing the troops.

“It’s so discouraging that we have to still be out here,” Mr. Scanlan said. “The attitude has changed considerably though. We get a lot more people honking their horns in support now. A few years ago we would get nothing and if anything they’d give us the bird. Now we have people honking their horns and giving us the V sign. It’s not getting through to Washington though and that’s the problem.”

Bob Flenner said the from the very beginning the war has been “an absolute blunder of historic proportions” that has created more terrorists and less safety in the world while damaging America’s standing in the world for at least a generation.

“We’ve lost too many people,” Mr. Flenner said. “There are hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who are dead and millions of people who have been rendered homeless.”

The people being honked at in support at the Post Office were branded anti-American at best five years ago, but John Howard said he didn’t want to dwell on the past. He said the important thing now is to look ahead and “stop the bleeding” by bringing the troops home and using the money spent on the war to restore the economy.

“We made a big mistake as a country and now we have to fix it,” Mr. Howard said. “That’s why I’m standing in the rain.”

The vigil attracted people of all ages to call for an end of the war, from veterans to teenagers, including 16-year-old Liana Mehring and her 14-year-old sister Devon, who came with their father, Edmund. Both said they wanted to see more teens step forward to oppose the war’s continuation....

03/21/08 - "Greenwich is a waterfront community - from Byram to Old Greenwich," said First Selectman Peter Tesei,

Coming into Greenwich Harbor

Greenwich News Reports:

The Greenwich Citizen Updates Website

Greenwich Takes Up Challenge of Managing Harbors
Greenwich Citizen - Greenwich,CT
By Anne W. Semmes

There is a new spotlight on the Greenwich waterfront and new efforts to address the complex issues of safety and management of the Town's ...

A Step Forward for GHS Auditorium Project
Greenwich Citizen - Greenwich,CT
By PATRICIA McCORMACK

The Board of Selectmen Wednesday nominated a Blue Ribbon Building Committee for the Greenwich High Music/Auditorium project -- paving ...

Time to Put the Winter Sports Season on Ice
Greenwich Citizen - Greenwich,CT

It's time to put the finishing touches on an exciting winter sports season in Greenwich. As an outsider embarking on the challenge of learning about ...

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03/21/08 - To donate blood and platelets through the American Red Cross, people must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds.

Greenwich News Report:

Greenwich Chapter Of Red Cross

Greenwich chapter of Red Cross to hold April blood drives
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT,USA

Monday, April 14, at Greenwich Hospital between 7:30 am and 12:30 pm Greenwich Hospital is located at 5 Perryridge Road. To donate blood and platelets ...

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03/21/08 - Your representation that I stated or implied this situation was due to any design or construction flaw is 100 percent false.

Letters from readers

To the editor:

The Modular Building Institute requests a correction to the errors and misstated comments in the article "Modular flaws went undetected," appearing in the March 17 issue of Greenwich Time. As the spokesman for the industry, I provided impartial facts concerning the "process" regarding approval of modular classrooms, but did not make any specific comments regarding the Connecticut school situation. To prevent my comments from being misrepresented again, I'd like to offer the following:

Mold does not discriminate regarding which type of classroom it chooses to grow in. It can and does occur in traditional classrooms as well as modular classrooms. In fact, the reason temporary classrooms were placed in this school district in the first place was due to mold found in the original school building.

Your representation that I stated or implied this situation was due to any design or construction flaw is 100 percent false and has been printed despite my objections.

We have stated on the record that there are many parties involved in the classroom construction process, from architects to engineers to inspectors to maintenance personnel. All the facts must be obtained before any conclusions are drawn in this situation.

In short, the entire article is misleading and inaccurate. When your writer contacted me with quotes she planned to use for this story, I replied to her in writing that same day that the "quotes" were misleading and that I had no knowledge of the specifics of this situation and couldn't comment on it. She chose to ignore my concerns and build her entire story around misrepresentations. The managing editor told me himself today that he supports the writer's "rephrasing" of my comments. In my opinion, this is a really sad commentary on the state of journalism.

How can a newspaper stand behind an article taken primarily from one source when that source notifies you ahead of time that what is going to press is inaccurate? Your readers should know the full story.

Our non-profit association will continue to provide schools and parents with information they can use to ensure that their children are in safe, comfortable learning environments, and we ask that your readers visit our Web site to get accurate and complete information.

Tom Hardiman

Charlottesville, Va.

The writer is executive director of the Modular Building Institute.

(Editor's note: Greenwich Time stands behind the accuracy of the story.)

See Also:

03/17/08 - "It's not just one classroom, it's the whole school," Tom Hardman of the Modular Building Institute said, "It's a bad situation all around.

03/20/08 - Why Won't Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg Let Hamilton Avenue Parents Independently Test The Contaminated Modular Classrooms?

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03/21/08 - What I'm saying to these parents is: Don't give up, stand tall and fight for the stable education your children should be getting .....

Letters from readers

To the editor:

As a graduate of Hamilton Avenue School in 1954, I can fully feel the heartaches the school children and parents are going through. Life wasn't any different than it is now.

We were from Chickahominy, or as it was called West Belle Haven. You never met any prouder people than those who were born and raised in Chickahominy. We were never affected by the mural that hung in the gym. Or by being considered "stepchildren."

What that did for us was make us a great community to grow up in, where everyone knew your name. We respected one another, and to this day, anyone who came from Chickahominy still has great camaraderie with others. It made us stronger.

We turned out great carpenters, plumbers, electricians, refuse men, lawyers, doctors and morticians, and that is why Chickahominy is so great -- we were very diverse.

Our parents were not white-collar workers. They just worked hard so their children would have a great education and go on to college or be what they wanted to be, just like the parents now fighting for Hamilton Avenue School want for their children. We grew up with all nationalities and colors -- that's why we thought everyone was equal. And we fought for everything we had.

What I'm saying to these parents is: Don't give up, stand tall and fight for the stable education your children should be getting instead of being moved around. The children will be OK. It will make them strong and want to do their best just to show this town in years to come that they made it despite the obstacles they have faced. There are many people in this town who will stand behind all of you to help correct this large problem, myself included.

Dodi (Fallanca) McCollem

Riverside

The writer is a member of the Representative Town Meeting from District 12.

Please Read....

03/19/08 - May God Bless The Children Of Hamilton Avenue School Who Never Get To Compete On A Level Playing Field.

03/20/08 - Why Won't Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg Let Hamilton Avenue Parents Independently Test The Contaminated Modular Classrooms?

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03/21/08 - Kim Marie Evans From The Greenwich Alliance For Education Struts Her Stuff

Event Chair Kim Marie Evans and members of the Greenwich High School cheerleading squad.

Queen for a day

Pep Rally 'Queen' Leslie Breck was among the many members of the Greenwich Alliance for Education and guests who attended a recent Pep Rally at the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich to raise money for the alliance. Click here for more photos.

Via The Greenwich Post

More School News Here.....

03/20/08 - Why Won't Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg Let Hamilton Avenue Parents Independently Test The Contaminated Modular Classrooms?

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03/21/08 - Opinion - Congress should pass a federal shield law and guarantee protections for a journalist's sources

Protection of news sources is vital

The Constitution ought to be enough. The guarantee of a free press enumerated in the Bill of Rights should be sufficient to protect journalists from government interference. Too often, it's not.

Congress has the power to pass a federal shield law that would increase protections for reporters. In the face of an increasingly hostile judicial climate, it's the right move. A free press is too important to this country to take lightly.

Confidentiality is often a necessity for potential whistleblowers. If a person's anonymity will not be protected, putting jobs and livelihoods at stake, there is little incentive for people with valuable information to come forward. When insiders with knowledge of malfeasance -- corporate, government or otherwise -- want to tell their stories, they must be promised protections. When the government chips away at those protections, the nation suffers. Imprisoning journalists for failing to disclose sources, forcing such reporters to pay contempt fees in an effort to bankrupt them into speaking -- these are actions that undermine a free press.....

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03/20/08 - "I just feel it's an important issue to bring forward again," First Selectman Peter Tesei said

Mary Ann Morrison, the CEO and president of the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce, said the proposal was a reasonable compromise.

.... "Mr. Tesei still sees the value and importance of keeping the police officers at the three major intersections on Greenwich Avenue, and let's hope it stays that way."

Ave. traffic light plan revised

By Neil Vigdor
Greenwich Time - Staff Writer

After getting the red light from the Representative Town Meeting last year, a proposal to install traffic signals on Greenwich Avenue is back, this time with some changes.

The lights would be installed on Greenwich Avenue at Havemeyer Place, Elm and Lewis streets, and would sit atop antique-style lampposts similar to the existing streetlamps. Police officers would still direct traffic during the day, and the traffic lights would be used at night and on Sundays....

... "I don't want to lose Greenwich, what little is left of the old town," said Joan Caldwell, a lifelong resident who is moderator pro tempore of the RTM.

Caldwell said traffic lights would ruin the town's main street, "making Greenwich look like downtown White Plains."

"It is actually likely to make the town look more citified," Caldwell said.

Her colleague, Mary Pellegrino, a District 1/South Center RTM member who represents the downtown, was more direct. "I think that's rotten," Pellegrino said. "Come on, let's be practical. We're getting out of hand in this town."....

... Police Chief David Ridberg, who has long argued that having police officers direct traffic is not the best use of manpower and hurts morale....

... Selectman Peter Crumbine downplayed the change the lights might bring. "They should blend in all right," he said.

Tesei stressed that he has no intention of replacing the police officers altogether, but acknowledged he probably doesn't have much pull in the matter.

"It most likely will probably get voted down," Tesei said. "But I think it's important to have the conversation."

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03/21/08 - "I just think it is really kind of strange for these chickens to be left here. Somebody should come quickly to pick them up or bury them."

Headline:

Did A Bank Foreclose On A Crazied Voodoo Witch Doctor?

Quote:

"Children come to the bank with their mommies."
- David Tovar

Story:

Headless birds disturb bank customers

By Martin B. Cassidy

Six blood-spattered fowl with their heads cut off were found behind a Mason Street bank yesterday afternoon, disturbing customers and prompting calls to police.

Police said they didn't know anything about the decapitated birds, which appeared to be chickens, left strewn under a tall hedge along the parking lot of the Putnam Trust Bank. Calls to the town Animal Control Division were not returned yesterday....

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03/21/08- - Corporate Welfare? - The governor is asking the State Bond Commission, which meets March 28, to approve the loan for Blue Sky Studios.

Greenwich News Reports:

4,000 Families Lost There Homes In Conneticut In January.

"We need lowinterst loans for seniors and other single family home owners who are trying to stay in thier homes."

Animation company gets $8M state loan to move to Greenwich
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT
By Hoa Nguyen

A New York digital animator is set to receive an $8 million low-interest loan to help it relocate to northwest Greenwich, Gov. ...

More Corporate Welfare?

Governor Jody Rell Seems To Be Addicted To Corporate Welfare.

Greenwich Post says....

State likely to help UST move from Greenwich to Stamford

Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Wednesday that a $3 million loan to help UST relocate its corporate headquarters from Greenwich to Stamford is expected to gain approval when the state Bond Commission meets March 28.

In other business news....

Tribune says former newspaper buildings will be sold separately
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT
By Peter Healy STAMFORD

The former owner of The Advocate and Greenwich Time said this week it wants to sell the newspaper buildings separately. ...

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03/20/08 - Greenwich News Wire

03/20/08 - Greenwich Newspaper Facilities For Sale

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03/20/08 - Greenwich Police Blotter

Police Watch: The following are yesterday's released reports

Police do not release the names of those 17 years old and younger because they are protected as juveniles or youthful offenders. The Post does not publish the names of those arrested in domestic violence incidents to protect the identities of the victims. The following are today's released arrest reports :


POSSESSION

Kelsey Curley, 18, of 296 Delavan Ave. was arrested March 19 and charged with possession of marijuana under four ounces, driving under the influence, simple trespass and possession of a controlled substance. While patrolling Grass Island Park, police reportedly saw a car with its engine running stopped between boats that had been dry docked for the season. Police said officers smelled marijuana and ordered Curley out of her car, then discovered a hand rolled, thin cigar filled with marijuana. According to police, a further search of the car revealed two other, smaller cigars that had been burnt on one end and a prescription bottle that had been prescribed for Curley’s father. Police reports said the bottle contained two broken white pills and one gel tablet. Police said Curley slurred her speech during the investigation and failed field sobriety tests. Curley was released on a $500 cash bond and is due in court March 26.

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03/20/08 - Defense attorney Mickey Sherman, who lost Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's murder trial, defends his unorthodox ways in a new book

Greenwich News Report - Skakel Murder

Skakel's former attorney publishes memoir
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
He instead focuses on cases that he won, makes light of his upbringing in tony Greenwich and jokes "I rarely prepare for anything," when discussing his ...

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03/20/08 - Greenwich News Wire

Colin Wilson

Greenwich News Reports: Sports And Business

Like Father, Like Son
NHL.com - USA
Colin Wilson was born October 20, 1989 in Greenwich, Connecticut and currently skates for Boston University in the Hockey East Conference of the NCAA. ...

Tribune To Sell 'Stamford Advocate,' 'Greenwich Time' Property
Editor & Publisher - USA
... director of real estate, Stephanie Pater, said the former offices and plants of The Advocate in Stamford and the Greenwich Time will be sold separately. ...

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03/20/08 - Greenwich Newspaper Facilities For Sale

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Niels Frederik Severin GRUNDTVIG Danish social reformer and educationist, 1845 (1773-1872)

03/20/08 - Greenwich Bussiness Wire - Going From Bad To Worse

Greenwich Business News Report:

Chile's Peso Drops Most in Six Years as Copper Prices Slide
Bloomberg - USA

... are getting hurt and pushing the currency down,'' said Benito Berber, a macro-strategist at RBS Greenwich Capital Markets in Greenwich, Connecticut. ...

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03/20/08 - Greenwich News Wire - Keeping Children Safe

Greenwich News Report:

Greenwich Police Department & Sexual Online Predators

Digital danger: Learn how to keep children safe online
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT
As children become more and more tech savvy and the danger of sexual predators lurking online continues, the Greenwich Police Department will be appearing ...

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03/20/08 - Why Won't Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg Let Hamilton Avenue Parents Independently Test The Contaminated Modular Classrooms?

This IS EXACTLY Why The Parents Don't Trust

Betty
"You Can Trust Me"
Sternberg

And Her Failed School Administrators

Here's a Greenwich School reply to a concerned parent's request asking for permission to have a parent paid expert take test samples of the modulars.

Just what is
Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg
hiding?

Where is the independent testing that the parents and taxpayers were promised?

What would it hurt to let the parents to test the modular classrooms?

Is anyone in Greenwich surprised at this response to a concerned parent?

Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg
is soooooooo sneaky.

I bet the single family home owners of Greenwich know about this.

Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg has authorized 3 day compensatory bonuses for her top staff, including Sue "Please Don't Fire Me" Wallerstein, for all their hard work over the last few weeks due to the closing of the modulars.

Hey in the Greenwich School System you don't get fired if you screw things up......

You get a freaking bonus !!!!!

Do the member's of the Board Of Education know about the bonus for screwing up at the modular classrooms?

Probably, because a dim witted Board Of Education Member had the audacity to state at a Hamilton Avenue School PTA meeting that the parents should be thanking Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg and Sue "Please Don't Fire Me" Wallerstein for all their hard work.

Is this dim witted school board member on drugs?

Maybe it's just me, but if I was a Hamilton Avenue School parent I'd be damned if I were going to thank the people for trying to fix their own messes!

WHY AREN"T HAMILTON AVENUE SCHOOL PARENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO INDEPENDENTLY TEST THE CONTAMINATED MODULAR CLASSROOMS ?

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From: Lesliemori@aol.com

To: LauraDiBella

Cc: Nvoye@aol.com ; mbodson@dtcc.com ; SAnderson@h2cp.com ; sellis6@optimum.net ; Nqueen124@aol.com ; jcohen@ticc.com ; mpclake@optonline.net ; Betty_Sternberg@greenwich.k12.ct.us ; Carol_DeSalvo@greenwichk12.ct.us ; peter.tesei@greenwichct.org

Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:41 PM

Subject: Re: Modular Testing

Dear Laura,

Mike Bodson forwarded your email to me as Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Facilities. We understand your concern about the status of the modulars. As you know, the decision was made to close the school once the mold condition in the unoccupied areas of the building was discovered. EAS, an outside firm with expertise in this area, with assistance from an independent testing laboratory, has been handling the evaluation for the district, and has confirmed acceptable air quality inside the building. The additional tests results that were received yesterday indicated that it is safe to remove the materials from the building. To give you greater confidence in the results, we can arrange for your representative, at your expense, to have a meeting with Mr. Schwartz to discuss his testing protocol and methods and can provide you access to the tests results. We are still limiting access to the building and will be unable to accommodate the testing you requested. Please let us know if you would like to arrange the meeting with Mr. Schwartz.

Regards,

Leslie Moriarty

cc: Mr. Michael Bodson

Dr. Betty Sternberg

Mr. Peter Tesei

Mrs. Nancy Weissler

This Cold And Insensitive Email Was Sent In Response To This Written Request By A Parent Concerned About The Children Who Were Confined In A Contaminated Modular Classroom For Over One Year.

Ladies and Gentlemen -

At both the meeting of the newly established Facilities Committee and the last BOE meeting, much was made of earning back trust and faith in the Board of Education.

With that goal in mind, it would behoove the members of the Facilities Committee and the Board of Education to allow the parents to hire a testing company to go into the modulars and test the air quality, soil, water and building.

The parents want to have faith in the people who are hired to teach and protect our children. By allowing us this opportunity, you extend the necessary branch that is needed to help that goal along.

Please understand that your response to this request will be very telling to the parents of Hamilton Avenue School, and the community at large.

Sincerely,

Laura J. DiBella

The School District Response Is Telling.

It's Telling Me That There Is A Cover Up Going On.

Where Are The Independent Tests That The Taxpayers And Parents Were Promised?

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WHEN IS BETTY "YOU CAN TRUST ME" STERNBERG GOING TO PUT AN END TO THE COVER UP?

Please See....

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03/19/08 - Stop Punishing The Children - If The BET Should Save Money By Getting Rid Of Betty Sternberg And Her Failed Administrators

03/19/08 - May God Bless The Children Of Hamilton Avenue School Who Never Get To Compete On A Level Playing Field.

03/20/08 - Greenwich Post Police Blotter - Drug Charges

Police Watch: The following are March 20 released reports

Police do not release the names of those 17 years old and younger because they are protected as juveniles or youthful offenders. The Post does not publish the names of those arrested in domestic violence incidents to protect the identities of the victims. The following are today's released arrest reports :

POSSESSION

John Diamontopulos, 18, of 502 Cognewaugh Road, Cos Cob, William Vernon, 18, of 32 Horseshoe Road, Cos Cob, and Joseph Scorese, 21, of 17 Fletcher Ave. were all charged with possession of a controlled substance after a drug arrest on March 17. Police had been doing surveillance of a location in town known for drug deals and reportedly saw the three men acting in a manner associated with drug sales and consumption. According to police, Diamontopulos got into a car with the other two, which police followed into Stamford, first to one parking lot, then another and then back to the first. Police said they then saw a hand-to-hand drug transaction and followed the car back into Greenwich, where it was involved in a one-car accident. Police found a bag of marijuana at the scene and said Diamontopulos was also in possession of some. He was additionally charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and conspiracy to possess marijuana. Vernon, who was driving, and Scorese were also additionally charged with conspiracy to possess marijuana. All three were released on $500 cash bonds and were due in court March 24.

POSSESSION

Mirna Acosta-Morales, 20, of Port Chester, N.Y., was arrested March 18 and charged with possession of marijuana under four ounces and risk of injury to a minor. Police on patrol saw a vehicle traveling north on the southbound off ramp for Interstate 95 at Exit 3 and pulled the car over. Once it was determined there was no need for medical assistance, Acosta-Morales was directed toward the Horseneck parking lot and interviewed. Police allegedly smelled marijuana and a clear cellophane bag with a green, leafy substance that later tested positive for marijuana, was reportedly found. Acosta-Morales had with her a 15-year-old passenger in the car. She was additionally cited for driving the wrong way and was released on a $250 cash bond. She is due in court March 25.

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03/20/08 - "Most of the people nominated are already known to the RTM and I don't foresee any problems with their choices," von Keyserling said.

Auditorium panel picked

By Martin B. Cassidy
Greenwich Time - Staff Writer

A mix of town legislators, parents, and construction professionals were chosen by the Board of Selectmen yesterday to oversee the renovation of the Greenwich High School auditorium to create a performing arts center with more concert and classroom space.

First Selectman Peter Tesei said the membership of the committee, which is required by the Town Charter, represents a breadth of experience that will help deal with any obstacles on the $23.4 million project....

... The Board of Selectmen also nominated Bruce Dixon for the board of directors of the Nathaniel Witherell nursing home, and reappointed Bernadette Settelmeyer, a Republican, to another five-year term as Greenwich Housing Authority commissioner.

Dixon, a licensed pilot, will probably continue to serve as chairman of the Selectmen's Committee on Aircraft Noise, Republican Selectman Peter Crumbine said.

"I've worked with him for several years now on the aircraft noise issue and he will continue to work on that issue," Crumbine said.

See Also:

03/19/08 - Peter Tesei said having the committee in place before the budget vote will help the project because the RTM will know who is overseeing it

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