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• Letters to the Editor

  The Challenger Division enables boys and girls with physical and mental challenges to enjoy the game of baseball just like the many other children at Fairfield American and throughout the world. There has been plenty written about this already,... more »

  5 days ago

  school | middle schools | children

• Redistricting recommended for Fairfield middle schools

  The recommended redistricting plan was one of six options the subcommittee considered, and the panel's chairman, Tim Kery, explained that a set of criteria guided the decision process. The criteria followed by the subcommittee included: send... more »

  Kirk Lang, klang@bcnnew.com 1 week ago

  middle schools | school | elementary schools

• First salvos in redistricting war: Middle school 'feeder' patterns to change

  First salvos in redistricting war: Subcommittee member Perry Liu, who believes both middle and elementary school levels should be reviewed concurrently, cast the lone nay vote. Some schools, Liu noted, have teaching taking place in the... more »

  Kirk Lang, klang@bcnnew.com 2 months ago

  middle schools | school | elementary schools | children

• Redistricting issue nearly derails school planning goals

  Whether a document outlining the Fairfield Board of Education's "Facilties Planning Principles" gives the board enough flexibility or doesn't go far enough regarding redistricting was up for debate Tuesday night. The one-page document lays out... more »

  Genevieve Reilly, greilly@ctpost.com 2 months ago

  school

• Fairfield school board cuts back on unhealthy foods

  Bake sales of old will be no more, unless a parent wants to run his or her ingredient list by school officials. The Board of Education -- for the first time in five years -- voted Tuesday night to participate in the food and snack section of the... more »

  Kirk Lang, klang@bcnnew.com 2 months ago

  children | parent and child | school | family

• Open Choice program brings to light racial imbalance, space issues

  The Board of Education (BOE) briefly grappled last week with the idea of disallowing two slots in the Open Choice program -- whereby city students can go to school in suburban areas (in this case, Fairfield) -- to be filled. [...] a majority of... more »

  Kirk Lang, klang@bcnnew.com 3 months ago

  school | minority group | elementary schools

• Opinion: The case for prom Breathalyzers

  Realizing the challenges that our administrators have faced in order to protect the wellness and safety of all students at dances, a Joint High School PTA Task Force offered to research this issue in October 2008. After their extensive research,... more »

  The 2009--10 Executive Board and Committee chairmen, Fairfield Ludlowe High School Parent Teacher Association 3 months ago

  school | high schools | parent and child

• The case for prom breathalyzing

  Realizing the challenges that our administrators have faced in order to protect the wellness and safety of all students at dances, a Joint High School PTA Task Force offered to research this issue in October 2008. After their extensive research,... more »

  3 months ago

  school | high schools

• School board rejects Breathalyzer policy vote before proms

  An advocate of adopting a policy on Breathalyzer tests to detect student drinking at school dances was rebuffed in his bid to have the proposal reviewed again Tuesday night by the Board of Education, just a few days before the local high school... more »

  Kirk Lang, klang@bcnnew.com 3 months ago

  school | high schools | parent and child

• School board holds breath, delays vote on Breathalyzers

  Early in Tuesday's meeting, board member Perry Liu proposed an amendment to the policy that would substitute language on the BOE endorsing use of Breathalyzers with a stronger proviso, stating: "both high schools will administer Breathalyzer... more »

  Kirk Lang, klang@bcnnew.com 4 months ago

  parent and child | high schools | school