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Back to School 2012
In This Issue • EAST WINDSOR: Raises for town employees....................................p. 4 • EAST WINDSOR: Chamber has new five-year plan..............................p. 5 • ELLINGTON: Fields could go smoke free if ordinance passes..................p. 7 • ELLINGTON: Library receives federal grant for programs..................p. 8 • ENFIELD: Referendum will have two issues in November ............p. 13 • ENFIELD: Saint Bernard School has new technology..........................p. 14 • SOMERS: Track town’s energy use online ..............................................p. 15 •HEALTH: ACTIVE classes..............p. 26 •SUNDAY DRIVE: ‘Fair’ warnings..p. 27 •STAFFORD: Residents back sale of school for housing..........................p. 31
By Linda Tishler Levinson
• CLASSIFIEDS:.....................pp.38-39
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Driving at the 4H Fair
Two-year-old Sophie, who was in town visiting relatives in Somers, had a good time aboard an antique tractor at the 4H Fair in Somers. Tractors and other equipment were put on display by the Scantic Valley Antique Engine Club. More photos, page 35. Photo by Barbara Bresnahan
As students return for the new school year, districts across the state will begin using the new student assessment and accountability model recently adopted by the state legislature. With a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind act in hand, school systems are no longer worried about the federal adequate yearly progress measurement. Instead, they will face a new set of standards adopted at the state level. Students throughout North Central Connecticut will also return to a number of new teachers and other staff members. Somers In Somers, the district has a new director of pupil services, Denise Messina, said Superintendent of Schools Maynard Suffredini Jr. The school system also will be following through with the state’s new anti-bullying laws. Training for staff and communication with staff and parents will be part of that effort. About 300 Somers students will be using new technology to aid their students as the school system rolls out its iPad project, Suffredini said. Students at various levels and classes will be issued the tablet computers.
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