FOR 7/11 LESLEY HELLER GALLERY, SHELLY HAVEN AND BETSY CROWELL
Ak/cd set 7/1 #744430
NEW YORK CITY — Lesley Heller will present the work of Shelley ...
FOR 7/11 FENN GALLERY, ANDREW CHIN SOCIAL COMMENTARY IN POP ART TRADITION
AK/cd #744430 set 7/1
WOODBURY, CONN. — Fenn Gallery features the witty, ...
Boscobel Opens New Gallery
With Hudson River Exhibit
[all at 2 cols]
Frank Anderson, “Breakneck Mountain, Hudson Highlands,” 1878, oil o...
2 cols.
Pair of Scottish box irons ($4/6,000) will be auctioned before the convention.
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MUST RUN 7/11 SAD IRON CONVENTION & AUCTION 6-9
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FOR 7/11
DILLON GALLERY MAKOTO FUJIMURA “CHARIS”
ak/gs set 7/2 #744623
NEW YORK CITY — The Dillon Gallery is hosting an exhi...
MUST RUN 7/11
ALADDIN & ANTIQUE LAMP COLLECTORS CONVENTION SHOW & SALE PRE AUG. 7–9 w/1 cut
ak/gs set 7/2 #744623
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — C...
1 cut, no cutline.
MUST RUN 7/11
MEET THE ARTISTS AND ARTISANS AT MYSTIC-OLDE MISTICK VILLAGE w/1 cut
ak/gs set 7/2 ; #744857
MYSTIC, CONN. — Meet t...
FROM CASTOFF TO TREASURE, GOODWILL DONATION IS A CORTES PAINTING THAT FETCHES $40,000
AVV 6-26 #744208
EASTON, MD. (AP) — An old painting dropped of...
AP – CARNEGIE MUSEUM GUARD VANDALIZES LOANED VIJA CELMINS PAINTING
AVV 6-9 #741934
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A former Carnegie Museum of Art gua...
Upcoming Summer Book Discussions At The Danbury Library
 DANBURY — The Danbury Library will host two upcoming book discussions for adults. For each...
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.
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.
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!