The Parks and Recreation Basketball League will be sponsoring clinics for all registered players in grades 5 through 8. Each player attending must bring a basketball with her or her name on it. For further info, call the Parks and Recreation Departme

By KIM HARMON

Published: Oct 01, 2001 12:00 AM

The Parks and Recreation Basketball League will be sponsoring clinics for all registered players in grades 5 through 8. Each player attending must bring a basketball with her or her name on it. For further info, call the Parks and Recreation Department at 270-4340.

Saturday, October 13

Bob Campbell, menâs varsity coach at Western Connecticut State University, will lead a clinic for boys in grades 5-8 from 10 am to 12 noon at the Newtown Middle School. Gregg Simon, head coach of the Newtown High School girlsâ basketball team, will lead a clinic for girls in grades 5-8 from 12 noon to 2 pm at the Newtown Middle School.

Saturday, October 20

John Quinn, head coach of the Newtown High School boysâ basketball team, will lead a clinic for boys in grades 5-8. A clinic for girls in grades 5-8 will also be held. The times for these two clinics are TBA.

Shoot Straight

Chris Casey, coach at Central Connecticut State University, will conduct a Shoot Straight Clinic, open to all players. Time and date will be announced.

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Vote No To The BOE Budget And No it Should Not Be Higher

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!

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

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The Parks and Recreation Basketball League will be sponsoring clinics for all registered players in grades 5 through 8. Each player attending must bring a basketball with her or her name on it. For further info, call the Parks and Recreation Departme

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