Saturday, May 31, 2014
Friday, May 30, 2014
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Delusional Alderman??
Mr. William
Ostapchuk stated the some of the following comments at last night’s common
council meeting: He noted that the fire prevention
association mandates four firemen per truck with its arrival in 120 seconds but
we only have three firemen per truck and the mayor’s budget proposes further
cuts of the force from 35 men to 26 which does not met the fire protection
standards “that determine home cost of insurance”. He also indicated that he was advised by a
public official that the fire department was too large and that maybe a fire
house should be closed.
Alderman Louis Salvio in reputing Mr.
Ostapchuk comments that he wanted the public to know that there is no investigation
of the fire department ongoing and that one should check with the fire chief
before making public statements. Mr.
Ostapchuk had referred to the alderman’s remark of calling him delusional in the
past.
Maybe an
investigation of the city’s fire standards
should be called for without any delay.
A meeting of the minds of the common council
membership delusional or not should occur.
fs
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Gov. Malloy Signs Bills Establishing the Office of Early Childhood and Moving Connecticut toward Universal Pre-Kindergarten
Legislation Also Establishes the Office of Early
Childhood and Includes Recognition of Dyslexia as a Primary Specific Learning
Disability
Governor
Dannel P. Malloy, joined by Commissioner of the Office of Early Childhood, Myra
Jones-Taylor, State Department of Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor, state
legislators and local officials, this afternoon signed two bills at the Helen
Street School in Hamden that will expand pre-kindergarten for the state's three
and four-year-olds, add dyslexia as a primary specific learning disability for
children requiring special education, and formally establish the Office of
Early Childhood.
"Ensuring
that students are prepared to compete in a global economy and excel in
twenty-first century careers means that we must strive to equip them with the
knowledge, skills and tools they will need from day one," Governor Malloy
said. "This is not the case when a number of students in Connecticut
come to kindergarten having had no learning experience prior to that. By
codifying the Office of Early Childhood in statute and moving our state toward
universal access to pre-K we are taking significant steps to close the
achievement gap and ensure that all students succeed -- regardless of
income or zip code."
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