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• Danbury City Council takes back $25,000 from school board over administrator raises

  Anger about raises awarded to several top school administrators this year has led members of the City Council to take back more than $25,000 from the Board of Education. In the rare move, city officials said because the raises were not included... more »

  Dirk Perrefort, Staff Writer 51 minutes ago

  budgets and budgeting | legal service | lawyer

• Hines Sight / Here we go again

  In my 25 years of observing the town and school administrations and the decisions they make, there is something about redistricting that tears the community apart. [...] the controversy and name calling, I don't ever remember -- or can't find... more »

  5 hours ago

  parent and child | school | election | elementary schools

• Greenwich students should be challenged to take AP exams

  At the Sept. 2 Board of Education work session, Superintendent Sidney Freund expressed his pride in Greenwich High School's Advanced Placement program, touting the school's "five-year high in AP enrollment." [...] GHS's Advanced Placement... more »

  7 hours ago

  school | test/examination | high schools

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  Hill and Plain parking project still a go

  School district Facilities Manager John Calhoun said he has high hopes that the engineering plans for a reconfigured the parking area and playground at Hill and Plain Elementary School will be done soon enough that the work can still be completed... more »

  Nanci G. Hutson, Staff Writer 1 day ago

  engineering | elementary schools | design and engineering

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  Greenwich students should be challenged to take AP exams

  At the Sept. 2 Board of Education work session, Superintendent Sidney Freund expressed his pride in Greenwich High School's Advanced Placement program, touting the school's "five-year high in AP enrollment." [...] GHS's Advanced Placement... more »

  1 day ago

  school | test/examination | high schools

• Darien BOS approves police station, town shuffle

  In a 3-2 vote, the Board of Selectmen Monday night approved the town shuffle, which includes moving the senior center to the Town Hall and moving the Board of Education to the former library site at 35 Leroy Ave. Swiatek also addressed the... more »

  Ben Holbrook, bholbrook@bcnnew.com 1 day ago

  renovation

• Letters to the editor: Denouncing hate speak of radical extremists

  The hateful actions of radical extremists, be they Christian, Jewish or Muslim, should be denounced by all who hold sacred the fundamental American right to freedom of religion upon which this great nation was founded. The planned burning of the... more »

  1 day ago

  school | religious leader | teachers | international military intervention | freedom of religion | Islam

• Letters to the Editor / Redistricting proposal

  [...] the BOE is planning to hire a company immediately that will give it more accurate enrollment projections by school. Furthermore, never before in recent memory has the BOE tried to vote on a redistricting plan that was presented to it at... more »

  1 day ago

  children | school | middle schools | high schools | elementary schools | parent and child

• Letters to the Editor

  Spending without restraint teaches our children that their wants will always be satisfied, even when the financial faucet is running dry. Of note, many of the more flagrant violators are wearing the apparel of Sound Cyclists Bicycle Club, Target... more »

  3 days ago

  children | parent and child | budgets and budgeting | charity | clothing | school

• Association to study how Kansas schools are funded

  (AP) — School board leaders in Kansas said Tuesday they've started studying how the state doles out education money amid growing talk of changing the formula for distributing billions of dollars to public schools. Legislators responded by... more »

  HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, Associated Press Writer Associated Press3 days ago

  state budget and tax | school