Congrats to all students, parents, teachers and administrators at Sage Park. It would seem that…Read 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.

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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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Bill Generous May 21, 2013 at 04:46 pm

George, keep in mind that after middle school at Sage Park, some students go to other public or…Read More private high schools. Studies comparing the middle and high school should concentrate on students that have attended both.

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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 the…Read 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

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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 Town…Read 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.

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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 anyway…Read 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.

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R Eleveld May 20, 2013 at 10:22 am

They did a good job of investigation along with Ms. Fissel. in the article: Some investigation…Read 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

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R Eleveld May 15, 2013 at 01:12 pm

The results:…Read More http://windsor.patch.com/groups/r-elevelds-blog/p/voting-results-by-district-with-analysis

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AnneB May 15, 2013 at 09:19 am

What they don't get is that the Dollar Tree and Poquonock development are not isolated issues.…Read More They directly relate to the overall frustration of voters. Residents have repeatedly been told that development will produce "benefits" for them and the town and help keep taxes low. Meanwhile, those "benefits" always seem to go to an ever hungry, yet still failing, education beaurocracy while the center of town and other neighborhoods languish with no improvements and taxes still go up.

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Malvi Lennon May 15, 2013 at 09:10 am

What Mayor Trinks and Minority Leader Jepson refuse to acknowledge is that people (ALL people) are…Read More tired. Most Windsor residents whether they are on the right or the left want cost effective responsible government. We want our elected officials to remember that they ARE accountable to the people. It is OUR money hence OUR priorities should set the agenda. No more horse trails or sidewalks to nowhere. This November let’s send a clear message to the Town Council – step aside boys a new team is taking over.

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