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Volume 23, Number 47
Friday, April 20, 2018
School board rules out armed guards By Lauren Takores Town Times
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The Regional School District 13 Board of Education ruled out hiring armed security guards from private companies Wednesday, April 11 after a budget public hearing.
Board member Bob Yamartino made a motion to specifically preclude using any of the $400,000 in the proposed FY18-19 budget to hire armed guards for the schools while still permitting SROs.
Several parents have voiced their concerns over anyone, even an SRO, bringing a gun into a school.
The decision stipulated hiring a school resource officer is still on the table. SROs are active or retired law enforcement officers tasked with safe-
“From a safety standpoint, I don’t think (armed guards are) going to do a lot to improve the safety,” Yamartino said. “I think it just gets a lot of peo-
“Many didn’t even like an SRO carrying a gun, but I am in favor of an SRO as I think most of the people on the board are,” Yamartino said.
Author to speak on grieving By Lauren Takores Town Times
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A Middlefield author is scheduled to present her new book on grief at Levi Coe Library next month. Lisa Irish was the bereavement coordinator for 12 years at YaleNew Haven Hospital and the Hospital Irish of St. Raphael in New Haven. As a Catholic chaplain, she has ministered to individuals, groups and community organizations for 25 years.
Coginchaug student-athletes feted By Thomas J. Pellegrino Special to Town Times
Coginchaug Regional High School held a special event on Wednesday, April 11 – “The Signing.” New athletic director Kory Kevorkian put the event together to recognize the Coginchaug senior athletes who are planning to continue their careers in college.
Her latest book, “Grieving, the Sacred Art: Hope in the Land of Loss,” was published by Skylight Paths Publishing earlier this month.
Out of over 7 million high school athletes in the country, only about 500,000 of those will go on to compete at the collegiate level.
The book, Irish said, includes both current bereavement research as well as tangible suggestions to help people work with and learn from their grief.
Six members of the Coginchaug Class of 2018 will be among that select group.
“Grief is a subject whose time has come,” she said.
Coginchaug Regional High School held “The Signing” Wednesday, April 11. Photo by Thomas J. Pellegrino
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