Happy 2001!

By MELISSA MASON

Published: Jan 02, 2001 12:00 AM

Happy 2001!

Mark Your Calendars

Parent Programs

Monday, January 8 â âParents of Children with Special Needsâ

Thursday, January 18 â âWelcome to the Teen Zoneâ

Monday, January 22 â âFatherâs Nightâ

Detailed information on these programs follows:

POSITIVE PARENTING FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS is a new course for parents. This course will now run Mondays, 9 am. Dates for the New Year are January 8, 22, February 5, 26, March 5, 19, April 2, 23, 30, May 14, and June 4. The fee is $25 per person or $35 per couple. This includes all materials and supplies for the whole year, as this is an on-going program. All are welcome at any time.

WELCOME TO THE TEEN ZONE, for parents of middle and high school students, will begin on Thursday, January 18. Perfect for parents trying to understand the ups and downs, ins and outs, and doâs and donâts of parenting a teen or almost teen. This is a five-week session and the fee is $25 per person or $35 per couple, which includes all materials.

It is necessary to pre-register for all parenting courses.

FATHERâS NIGHT â (Please note change of date) Kicks off the New Year on Monday, January 22, at 7:30.

4-H Clubs â Ongoing

Fourth and fifth grades continue to meet on Monday afternoons from 3:15 to 4:30. Middle School grades meet on Wednesdays from 4 to 5:15. Both groups will meet at NYS. Membership is free but space is limited. For additional information or to register, please call the office.

Youth Group Meetings

The High School Youth Advisory Board (YAB), Middle School Youth Advisory Board (MS YAB), and NYCAAP will all meet again this month. Please watch this column for meeting dates and times.

Membership in the above groups is free and new members are welcome at all times. For additional info please call the NYS office.

Super Sitters

Due to the popularity of this program, another session will be added. Those dates will be Mondays, April 23, 30, and May 7, 14, and 21. The fee is $25 and includes all materials. Snacks are always provided. If interested, please sign up quickly as all other sessions for the year are full.

All programs will take place at Newtown Youth Services, 41-A Main Street. To register, or for further information, please call 270-4335.

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Newtown schools have degraded over the 3+ decades I've lived here as the concentrated social experiment curricula driven by the state and small but loud groups. Yet we continue to dig into our pockets while we witness the downward spiral.

Vote Yes On April 23

Unfortunately as voter turnout continues to decline the chances of it increasing also decline. The LC and BOF already know that the budget will be approved by virtue of the low turnout so why try to make smart decisions? The so-called referendum is essentially just a rubber stamp. They will continue to increase the budget by 2-5% every year because it's low enough to not cause a pushback under the cover of "inflation" and "maintaining the schools." Sending the budget to vote with 9% turnout is meaningless and a waste of resources on April 23rd.

Go Out And Vote April 23

I have seen Mr. Pisani repeatedly assert in the pages of the Bee that Newtown schools are "testing at a failing 64.9%". I'd be curious if he could elaborate on this statistic, as I have been unable to verify it independently. Which test exactly is our school system failing? How do our schools compare to other towns? How does our score compare to historical measures? It's very hard to draw conclusions from a single data point, so here are a few more data points to think about for context: Newtown is consistently ranked among the top 20 school districts in CT by the US News and World Report and Niche, which consider a range of performance metrics in their rankings; on average, Newtown students perform similar to, if not better than, students in neighboring school districts on standardized math and reading tests; the only data point on the CT Department of Education District Report Card where Newtown "fails" -- that is, falls behind the state average -- is access to art instruction. I'm glad the council member has acknowledged in this letter what taxpayers in high-performing (and high-spending) school districts like Darien, New Canaan, and Westport already know: "School funding does impact student achievement." Please keep that in mind when you vote this week!

All I Ask Is That You Think About It

An investment is done with a hope for a return. The operative term here is 'hope'.

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