POLAND The Poland Board of Education has narrowed the field in its search for a new superintendent.
Seven candidates remain and the board will have two special executive sessions to review them and narrow the field even more.
Board President Gregg Riddle said the board set sessions for Tuesday and today to begin the interviewing process for the candidates. The next work session will be May 17 and the next board meeting will be May 24.
Ed Vittardi from Finding Leaders, the search firm hired by Poland schools, said the seven semifinalists for superintendent are:
⢠Carole Sutton, assistant superintendent of Marlington Local Schools.
That was 18 years ago.
It has been renewed by voters three times and currently generates $3.13 million a year for the school system. But much has changed since 2003, and Marlington officials say there is a dire need for more money.
The situation is dividing the community.
A political action committee called Marlington Forward recently purchased advertising space in the Alliance Review criticizing three of the five Board of Education members.
Marlington Forward takes a critical view of some decisions. Reopening Marlboro Elementary, according to Marlington Forward, put a financial burden of more than $2 million on the district. They are supposed to make decisions to the benefit of the entire district, said Juli Hallman, treasurer for Marlington Forward. So far I haven t seen any evidence of that since they took over. The only thing they care about is the building of Marlboro. We try to educate the community as to what is going on. And we try to do whatever we can to k
Superintendent: Greenwich teachers who showed video deemed not appropriate will not finish year with classes
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Greenwich Superintendent of Schools Toni Jones poses at the Board of Education in Greenwich, Conn. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021.File / Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
GREENWICH The district has closed its investigation into an incident in which two teachers showed a cartoon video that was “not appropriate” to two second grade remote classes in March, according to a statement Friday from the Greenwich superintendent of schools.
Neither teacher will finish out the year with the classes, according to the statement, although it’s not clear whether they have been terminated, reassigned or some other arrangement was made.
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Heading into spring break, Greenwich schools see biggest COVID spike of the year
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GREENWICH Greenwich Public Schools is seeing the single largest surge in cases of COVID-19 since the start of the scholastic year.
Since Tuesday, the school district has reported 33 new COVID cases. And since last Friday, April 2, there have been 42 new cases. It is both the biggest three-day and week-over-week increase the district has reported.