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Thursday, August 26, 2010 — The Plainville Citizen
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Entertainment Briefs ‘Seussical, the Musical’
tion was directed by Frank Galati with Choreography by Kathleen Marshal. During its run of 198 performances on Broadway, there were many celebrity Cat in the Hat replacements including Rosie O’Donnell and Cathy Rigby.
A cappella concert Tunxis Community College, located at the junction of Routes 6 and 177 in Farmington, will host an a cappella concert performed by the award-winning Academic Choir of the Stanislaus Staszic on Wednesday, Aug. 25, at 6 p.m., in the college courtyard. The performance is free and open to the public. Based in Pila, Poland, the 30-person choir will sing from its repertoire of East-
ern European and American songs. The group has toured in many European countries and has received numerous awards from international music festivals. The Tunxis concert is one of a series of Connecticut performances the choir has scheduled in its first trip to the United States. In the event of rain, the performance will be held in Room 201. The choir’s tour is sponsored by a number of music organizations including the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. For more information, call (860) 255-3500 or tunxis.commnet.edu.
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The Plainville Choral Society Youth Theater, now in its 125th season, will be presenting the musical “Seussical, The Musical” on Friday, Sept. 10 and Saturday, Sept. 11, at the Plainville High School Auditorium, Robert Holcomb Way, Plainville. The curtain time is 7:30 p.m. on both evenings and there is an admission charge. Tickets will be available from any cast member, at Saints Restaurant in Southington and at the Plainville Senior Center. The cast consists of 66 talented performers between the ages of 8 and 15 from the Central Connecticut community: Avon, Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, Farmington, New Britain, Plainville, Southington and Terryville. The artistic director of the PCS Youth Theater is Peter Peluso, Maryjane Peluso is music director, Chris Kuzia is choreographer and Foster White is Producer. The Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens musical based of the works of Dr. Seuss, opened at the Richard Rogers Theatre on Broadway on Nov. 30, 2000. This produc-
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the Hartford Courant. Later, he updated his page writing, “If every day is like this, it’ll be the best job ever.” Even more controversy came the first day on site when he posted, “My first day on site involved counseling an administrator to retire or face termination. :)” Telesca has since been placed on administrative leave after the “inappropriate” comments came out, though the Windsor Locks Board of Education has no social networking policy. Similarly, Plainville also does not have a social networking policy to deal directly with the social sites. Superintendent of Schools Kathleen Binkowski, however, said she feels the Plainville Board of Education has policies in place that would deal with social networking, should there become a problem. “We feel strongly that (social networking) is covered,” she said. “The acceptable use policy has worked well in the past and we feel the issue would be covered by the acceptable use policy.” The acceptable use policy for personnel covers the network of computers owned by the board of education. Under the policy, employees are requried to “utilize the district computers, networks and Internet services for school-related purposes and performance of job duties.” Should an issue such as Telesca’s come up in which his initial post came from his home, the policy does not state what can and cannot be done or said through personal computers. Should the employee make a post through a computer owned by the board from an employee’s home, the policy would cover the issue. Binkowski said the board has discussed in the past whetheror not to institute a policy dealing specifically with social networking. “We had talked about it last year,” she said. “At the time, we didn’t need it. Typically, policies cover issues that we might come across such as discipline or ethical issues.”
Binkowski added that the employees of the Plainville Board of Education are also made aware of the issues that could come along with “irresponsible” social networking. “We have addressed the issues during the work day and given instructional information to teach teachers,” she said. “The matters have been discussed during professional development days and shared the adverse effects (of social networking).” The school system also has rules in place for innappropriate use of e-mail and the e-mail addresses given out to staff members. It includes only “conducting the business of the school system” as well as being “not intended for personal use.” The misuse of the e-mail system, as well as the network computers could result in disciplinary action up to discharge the policies warn and illegal will result in refferal to law enforcement authorities. Binkowski said the board does have legal authoritiy to deal with employees and the issues that may arise. Board Chairman Becky Tyrrell and Vice Chairwoman Lorri Goldsmith did not return telephone messages requesting comment.
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