Once handed to the town for usage, have you provided for ways to extricate yourself from this arrangement? Can the town re-assign usage for the property once it is handed over? The Board of Education has been reviewing the current enrollments and projected enrollments of the district for the next 10 years to anticipate its…
What is the history of Project Adventure on campus for the students? Is it part of a course or a co-curricular program? Background The Project Adventure [PA] courses at Weston High School and Middle School were built approximately 14 years ago. The HS course was built in the woods next to the old gym and…
Weston Middle School has been in session for public voting during bUdget referenda in the past and has well-developed plans to address managing the safe flow of residents in the school while students are on site. This Election Day will not be very different from any other voting process that has occurred during the school…
Will my child participate in AIM? The goals of AIM are applicable to all subjects and all grade levels. The district has developed a four-year plan to implement AIM across every classroom and, as a result, all students will benefit from the initiative. The district is currently in year 2 of this multi-year implementation plan.…
AIM was designed as a direct response to the encroachment of negative effects by current high-stakes standardized testing practices prevalent in public education. The district partnered with other high-performing districts to analyze not only the consequences of high stakes standardized tests, but also the impact of the “information age”, particularly, the emergence of specific skills…
AIM stands for Academic Innovation and Measurement. AIM is an educational initiative of the Weston Board of Education funded in part by the philanthropy of the Weston Education Foundation and the four Parent Teacher Organizations that focuses on developing high priority skills and capacities beyond traditional core academics. These skills and capacities, specifically, the abilities…
Next year in the 2012-2013 school calendar, the district is not including a full week off in February. Given the winter we have had with no snow days, shouldn’t the district revisit this issue? Every winter reveals its own pattern of disruptive weather or lack thereof as the weeks go by. In developing a school…
Snow calls are one of the most challenging areas of job responsibilities as a superintendent. If there is any threat of storm weather, I get up at 4:00 a.m. and start the morning “storm” routine of speaking with district facilities staff and getting an update on town road conditions in preparation for a conference call…
What are the plans for the parking if the Senior Center is allowed to expand? Are new entrances/egresses being considered? The district is currently awaiting the security review on the shift in parking, but what has been proposed is to use the established parking lot near East House (which is used as a play area)…
If the district enrollment projections trend accurately, the first year that the district could comfortably move grade 2 to WIS in 2016-17. It would only be in the case of relocating an entire grade to WIS that North House could be considered to be taken offline for school use. Half of the regular classrooms of…