SCHOOL DISTRICT: WEST HARTFORD
MATHEMATICS: 56.8
SCIENCE: 63.9
READING: 62.0
WRITING: 68.3
The state averages are as follows:
Math: 45.2 | Science: 44.4 | Reading: 45.6 | Writing: 52.9
I’m predicting a new push in math so watch out kids!
King Philip Middle School and Hall High School are listed among 315 Connecticut schools that are “in need of improvement” for failing to meet federal No Child Left Behind Act benchmarks, the State Education Department reported today.
Democratic and Republican leaders in West Hartford are talking about a pact to get all of their candidates to ”refrain from using oversize, billboard-style campaign signs,” according to a story in today’s Courant.
“I hope you will agree that this is one more way that we can put partisanship aside and do something that the people of [...]
Roll Call has the story that U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, a vicious right wing nut from Idaho, pleaded guilty to lewd sexual behavior in a Minnesota airport men’s room. He is, of course, yet another “family values” Republican who can talk the talk but can’t walk the walk.
Read the story. It’s almost painfully ridiculous.
Party Animal: Gadfly Joe Visconti throws himself into the political fray
According to the Cape Cod Times, a 37-year veteran professor at UConn’s School of Social Work in West Hartford, Albert Alissi, was struck and killed by a car while taking a walk in West Dennis. Alissi retired five years ago from the school.
Associate Dean Catherine Havens told the paper that Alissi was a specialist in social [...]
The story seemed shaky all along, and the schools’ reaction overblown in any case, but now we know that that the intruder story was a lie from the start, according to a story in today’s Courant.
What bothers me most is the police clearly suspected from the start that the incident never happened. They should have expressed [...]
“Lots and lots of rats” are invading the Charter Oak neighborhood in Elmwood, according to today’s Hartford Courant.
“A rat problem that resulted in occasional complaints to health officials has spread over the past 18 months, leading officials to step up efforts to contain the rodents, which Mayor Scott Slifka called a public health [...]
The new West Hartford Cycling Task Force is looking for ways to make the town more friendly for cyclists, which would be a good thing on many levels, including the reality that making cyclists safer will also make pedestrians safer.
Jamie Sullivan will serve as chairman, with Charles Beristain, Richard L. Hughes III, Richard Raport and [...]
