Board of Education Cancels Meeting
By Avice Meehan The Nov. 11 Board of Education meeting was cancelled for lack of a quorum. The next scheduled meeting, which will include newly elected board members, is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 5:30 p.m., at Botelle School. Had it met, the board was scheduled to hear a report from the Policy Committee, […]
Eye on Town Government
Board Chair to Step Down, Botelle Seeks to Set New Goals By Avice Meehan Board of Education Chair Virginia Coleman-Prisco announced that she would step down from that role once the board identifies a successor. Coleman-Prisco shared the news at a busy meeting of the BoE on Oct. 14 that saw the board receive a […]
Eye on Town Government
Board of Education Digs into Minutes, Goals School leadership praised for quick response By Avice Meehan The Botelle Board of Education quietly dropped the Pledge of Allegiance from the agenda of its Sept. 9 meeting but took up other housekeeping issues that generated a comparable amount of discussion. These included the amount of information that […]
Ed Board Welcomes Superintendent, Discusses Policy
By Avice Meehan The Botelle Board of Education (BoE) welcomed Kevin D. Case, Norfolk’s incoming school superintendent, at its June 10 meeting while simultaneously honoring Mary Beth Iacobelli, who has served in the role for the past 11 years. The leadership change took effect July 1 (see related story on page one). The BoE also […]
Thinking About What Comes Next
By Avice Meehan The most recent attempt to bring Norfolk and Colebrook to plan for the future of their respective elementary schools has quietly fizzled out—made official by a mid-June vote by the Colebrook Board of Selectmen to dissolve its half of a collaboration committee. In an email to residents, First Selectman Brad Bremer said […]
Board of Education Hears from Former Consolidation Facilitator
By Avice Meehan Jonathan Costa had one piece of advice for Norfolk as a whole, and specifically for members of the Board of Education and the Board of Selectmen: speed is not your friend. Costa acted as a facilitator in the unsuccessful 2015 effort to bring Botelle Elementary School and the Colebrook Consolidated School into […]
Eye on Town Government: Board of Education Meets in November
The members of the Norfolk Board of Education received an update on the “State of the School” at the Nov. 12 meeting and tackled several different items. See related story, page XX. The board authorized Superintendent Mary Beth Iacobelli to negotiate another 5-year contract with All-Star Transportation while rejecting language sought by the state in […]
Eye on Town Government: Fire Marshall Gives Botelle a Positive Report
By Avice Meehan The Board of Education met Sept. 3 at Botelle Elementary School to review the most recent inspection by Fire Marshall Keith Byrne and receive an update on the first day of school. In his presentation, Byrne reported that results of the annual walk through were largely positive, noting that old outlets need […]
Selectman’s Corner
Considering the question of school consolidation… again By Matt Riiska For several years there have been discussions regarding the consolidation of school resources with our neighboring towns and member towns of Regional 7. In the early 1990s the member towns of Regional 7 studied and developed a plan to combine grades pre-K to 12 into […]
