Show Your Support for the Families and Community of Newtown

Please take a moment to remember those families who have been so deeply affected by the unspeakable events in Newtown, Connecticut.

Newtown needs our nation's support now more than ever. With your donation, we can help them through this incredibly difficult time and offer our condolences.

Below, please find a link to the Sandy Hook School Support Fund that has been set up by the United Way of Western Connecticut to help the families and community of Newtown recover.

https://newtown.uwwesternct.org

Thank you in advance for your generosity and for assisting our fellow Americans during their time of great need.

Improved sight lines

What does that mean? "Improved sight lines." On Jo Posti's Center Court blog, Supporting students, staff and families, Josephine writes about the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut and takes the opportunity to throw in a plug for the high school renovation.

While I'm confident in the work our staff will be doing to reassure our students and staff and make any necessary improvements to our security measures, I'm also grateful for the work being done to improve the physical security of the high school. While construction is an inconvenience, the end result will be a reduced number of building entrances, the elimination of blind vestibules in B Building, improved sight lines by the elimination of C Building as well as many other security measures that could not have been anticipated when the building was originally built in the 1930s and subsequently renovated in the 1970s.

First, and foremost, I am deeply saddened by what happened on Friday. When I see children in stores or walking to school, I am reminded and burst into tears. I am thankful that the School District is offering support to our children and families. I cannot, however, comprehend that this is the time to justify the elimination of Building C.  What does "improved sight lines" even mean?  All I have ever heard from school board directors is that they will not revisit Building C. Now you decide to talk about it, Josephine?