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Parents and Guardians of New Students for Windsor Public Schools Shouls Register Them Now

The first day of school for the Windsor Public Schools 2012-2013 school year will be on Tuesday, August 28, 2012.

All new residents of Windsor who have children of school age are encouraged to register them for school early. In addition, parents and guardians of new students for Windsor High School and Sage Park Middle School are asked to register before August 9 to insure that testing and course selection can be completed prior to the first day of school.

Starting this school year, Kindergarten is a full-day program for all students. Classes are located at Oliver Ellsworth Primary School and at Poquonock Primary School, depending upon the child’s home address.

Central Registration for all Windsor Public Schools is located in the Board of Education Offices in the L.P. Wilson Community Center at 601 Matianuck Avenue in Windsor. The Registration Office is in Room 8.

From now until August 2, the Registration Office is open Mondays through Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is closed for lunch from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Starting August 6, the Registration Office will be open Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will be closed from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The new structure of the Windsor Public Schools is:

  • Oliver Ellsworth Primary School – Pre-Kindergarten – Grade 2 (students will move onto Kennedy);
  • Poquonock Primary School – Kindergarten thru Grade 2 (students will move onto Clover);
  • Clover Street Intermediate School – Grades 3 through Grade 5;
  • John F. Kennedy Intermediate School – Grades 3 through Grade 5;
  • Sage Park Middle School – remains Grades 6-8; and
  • Windsor High School – remains Grades 9-12.

For the 2012-2013 year, the Roger Wolcott Early Childhood Center will not be in use as a school.

To determine which documents are required for registration in the Windsor Public Schools, please call (860) 687-2000 ext. 263, or visit www.windsorct.org.

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Mary Ann Overbaugh May 24, 2013 at 10:39 am
$90k of taxpayer money to pay for a horse shoe pit should be used for a fund to help people fixRead More their properties, or to give scholarships to children or to maintain infrastructure....for the good of the whole. What a frivolous waste of taxpayer money.
George Slate May 24, 2013 at 10:34 am
Earlier this week I sent copies of your Patch comment, and my come back comment, regarding theRead More Newsweek ranking of High Schools in the USA, to Dr. Villar's assistant. Yesterday I got back a message that includes, in part, "I have attached WHS’s application to Newsweek America’s Best High Schools 2013 as requested. Also, please see Dr. Villar’s comments below regarding the application:" Since I did this for your benefit, please call me, my phone number is published, give me an E-mail address to send this to, and I (all of us in Patch land) look forward to your analysis of the application. Thank you, in advance, for your service in this regard.
Tim Curtis May 24, 2013 at 11:40 am
Hilary and Mary Ann, I do remember that during my time on the Council, various parts of WindsorRead More qualified for funds from a Community Block Grant. Loans from the grant were given to property owners to be used to improve their properties. The owners would pay back the loan, with that money being funneled directly back into the grant to be used to help another property owner. Sort of a revolving loan kind of program. Don't know if that kind of money is still available from the State.
Mary Ann Overbaugh May 24, 2013 at 11:33 am
Tim, try to refrain from attacks on individuals...stick to the issue instead of attacking someoneRead More else's point of view.
Mary Ann Overbaugh May 24, 2013 at 11:32 am
I disagree, the whole budget affects the BOE budget. Use of all money affects the budget. SpendingRead More wisely is a value I see missing. We don't vote separately on the BOE budget.
George Slate May 22, 2013 at 06:45 pm
Yes, success has many parents. I truly do not want to taint your story, but my question is: DoesRead More WEF have enough money to fund an EER by a legitimate researcher (or are you willing to start up a collection?)? If you do, maybe in five years you can do a similar story about our High School.
Al Simon May 24, 2013 at 08:38 am
It is an excellent question. Maybe we should study it? Oh, wait.....
CatherineDennis May 21, 2013 at 08:45 pm
Congrats to all students, parents, teachers and administrators at Sage Park. It would seem thatRead More mission statements, transparency, parent involvement all equal excellence. How much would you charge to teach these basics to those that feel the need to hire college students from Chicago to review WHS-those very same people that congratulated you tonight? The students achievements that were honored tonight were very impressive and you make us all proud. Keep up the great work at Sage Park.
George Slate May 21, 2013 at 05:07 pm
Thank you Al and Bill for the follow up comments. For both, as I understand it, the fancy words are,Read More longitudinal studies. Take the same students, or group of students if the individual data is not available, and see how the test results go from third grade to high school. I've only done a quick scan of the test results for Windsor that R. Eleveld gave us a link to earlier. Along with understanding the Town's audited financial statements (which Bill might help me with), this longitudinal information is something that I hope to work through as time permits. As I write this, I should consider a FOI to see if it already exists. If it already exists, I'm surprised that all of us do not already have easy access to it. When I have the information gathered, I will share summaries here. And for the two of you, I will share the detailed spreadsheets. As I recall, even last night the conversation centered on the High School for turn around, and regardless of what we think of the person currently engaged for the EER, the EER is for the High School only.
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Albert Williams May 20, 2013 at 03:40 pm
Just curious...any relation to Griffin Land, Imperial Nursuries, River Bend Associates?
R Eleveld May 21, 2013 at 03:44 pm
@Slate The BoE originally said they did not believe the Town Ethics Commission had purview over theRead More BoE. Yes in November the voters can choose to continue the behavior with the current party in the majority. See the comment of WR who says a Councilor accepted responsibility here: http://windsor.patch.com/groups/schools/p/council-approves-reduction-in-education-funding
George Slate May 20, 2013 at 02:27 pm
R Eleveld - Just to clarify, The Town Ethics Committee ruled (1) that the BOE is subject to the TownRead More Ethics Code, but (2) they do not have jurisdiction over violations of BOE by laws violations. When someone is brought in front of an Ethics Committee, and comes out vindicated, one of two things happen. They are humbled, or emboldened. The BOE President, and the Superintendent of Schools are emboldened because virtually nothing stands in their way of two person absolute rule, until November 2013. The only obstacle is for one of the Democrat BOE members joining the other four BOE members to reign (the pun works all too well here) them in (this appears unlikely). What is the old saying, Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely? So we have to wait until November to try and fix this situation. In the meantime the voters in Windsor can keep voting NO on the referenda to send the message that we do not want dysfunctional BOE oversight. Or we could get back a functional BOE. Since September 12, 2012, this possibility grow less likely each day.
R Eleveld May 20, 2013 at 10:18 am
@Michele, you are correct. The TC can only provide the BoE an amount of money, it can not in anywayRead More tell the BoE what to do with that money. It could make suggestions, however they carry the same weight as any citizen making any suggestion to the BoE. State law has created the BoE as an island unto itself. They do not even think they are subject to the Town Ethics Code. The voters do have the power to change what they do not like in November. The question is will they again repeat the prior behavior and vote in those that will not make change. Remember Einstein's definition of insanity. It applies here.
R Eleveld May 20, 2013 at 10:22 am
They did a good job of investigation along with Ms. Fissel. in the article: Some investigationRead More yields more questions. I ask some questions about the timing of this whole situation. It is now become an embarrassment to Windsor, Loyola, and Dr. James. The idea of this research/study is important, however this execution is fraught with problems and serious concerns. http://windsor.patch.com/groups/r-elevelds-blog/p/some-investigation-yields-more-questions