NEWTOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL 8TH GRADE SHOULD NOT BE HOUSED AT NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
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Tracy Conrad
9 years ago
I think that 8th graders are too young to be put in the same school with the students in grades 9-12.
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Dave Conrad
9 years ago
K-5, 678@Reed
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David Diaspro
9 years ago
No way not this day and age - 8th graders should not be mixed with 12th graders. Let kids have the time to be kids.
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Victoria L Ricks
9 years ago
8th grade students do not belong at the high school. They are not emotionally or socially ready for that environment. I have a 5th grade son that would be affected by this and although he has 2 older brothers in high school right now, and sees a lot, I can not support sending him into that learning environment in 8th grade. I does not make sense to me, especially with such a small tax savings. Its not worth the risk!
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Anonymous
9 years ago
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As an educator who taught in middle schools for the last decade I want to say that there is a reason we call it "MIDDLE SCHOOL", Do your research people and, by the way, I don't care about saving $50.00 per household to close this school.
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Nancy Rogers-Duffy
9 years ago
As a taxpayer in town and a teacher, I do not support the closing of the Middle School, having 8th graders attend the high school. It is not developmentally appropriate.
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Kristin Raamot
9 years ago
2 Meadow Woods Lane, Sandy Hook.
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Rachel Smith
9 years ago
The educational model suggested does not support the education of our students.
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Stephanie Daly
9 years ago
4 Crown View Dr.
Sandy Hook
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Mike Mossbarger
9 years ago
As background, I no longer have children in the school system. From what I've read, outside of the ridiculously immaterial tax savings, which are questionable at best given all the costs not being included, there doesn't seem to be any other positives for closing NMS. Town leaders should be looking for ways to improve the value of our home prices which remain more depressed than most areas of the state versus the peak 10 years ago. Having eighth graders in the high school would make us uniquely different in a negative way from surrounding towns likely further depressing our housing market.
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Sarah Hoffert
9 years ago
Marlin Road, Sandy Hook
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William Allen
9 years ago
I have lived in this town for 12 years now. The taxes have never gone down. Any savings that they tell us will be there will only be used for a different pet project. Last year enrollment went down by over 200 students and the education budget went up 1.3 million. Our town government in incapable of any real savings. Closing the middle school will end up costing us 10 times the proposed savings in the long run when we have to build a new school. I don't want my eighth graders attending the high school.
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Robert Zatulskis
9 years ago
8th graders do not belong in the same school as high schoolers, they are not emotionally or physically ready
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Dayna Allen
9 years ago
We are strongly opposed to having our 8th graders at the high school.
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Suzanne Zimmerman
9 years ago
20 Pine Tree Hill Road, Newtown, CT
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Allison Koziol
9 years ago
eighth graders, some as young as 12 and 13 years old, are in a very different psychological and emotional place than most high school students, some as old as 18 and 19 years old. There's too much unsupervised social interaction in a high school setting and I believe lines can easily get blurred among people who come to see each other as peers. The 8th graders would be exposed to too many things that are not age appropriate and that they are not psychologically equipped to handle.
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Karen Kugler
9 years ago
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In 7th grade, my sons had Vape smoke blown in their faces while sharing the bus with high schoolers. That was enough. Even at 8th grade, they don't need to be in school with them!! Development-wise, it's two different worlds and they should be kept as such!!
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DiBenedetto
9 years ago
Moving 8th graders to the high school is forcing kids to move into a social and educational circle they aren't equipped for, it would add tremendous stress and possibly depression. It will overcrowd the high school, put more wear/tear on the school equipment and such. With many of the kids being from Sandy Hook school; why would we want to force them into a change they just are not emotional equipped for? That kind of stress could potentially bring on depression.
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Bruce Walczak
9 years ago
lets put kids over saving a couple of dollars.
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Melissa
9 years ago
Immediately after the shooting at Sandy Hook, where my son was a 2nd grader, my mind jumped forward to concerns about his preteen/early teen years and how this experience would effect this already awkward and confusing time. I believe there are some kids that will struggle with being with the Highschool, Adding another level of stress to this group of children could cause serious harm. To quote Pat Llodra, "Do no harm".
I think that 8th graders are too young to be put in the same school with the students in grades 9-12.
K-5, 678@Reed
No way not this day and age - 8th graders should not be mixed with 12th graders. Let kids have the time to be kids.
8th grade students do not belong at the high school. They are not emotionally or socially ready for that environment. I have a 5th grade son that would be affected by this and although he has 2 older brothers in high school right now, and sees a lot, I can not support sending him into that learning environment in 8th grade. I does not make sense to me, especially with such a small tax savings. Its not worth the risk!
As an educator who taught in middle schools for the last decade I want to say that there is a reason we call it "MIDDLE SCHOOL", Do your research people and, by the way, I don't care about saving $50.00 per household to close this school.
As a taxpayer in town and a teacher, I do not support the closing of the Middle School, having 8th graders attend the high school. It is not developmentally appropriate.
2 Meadow Woods Lane, Sandy Hook.
The educational model suggested does not support the education of our students.
4 Crown View Dr. Sandy Hook
As background, I no longer have children in the school system. From what I've read, outside of the ridiculously immaterial tax savings, which are questionable at best given all the costs not being included, there doesn't seem to be any other positives for closing NMS. Town leaders should be looking for ways to improve the value of our home prices which remain more depressed than most areas of the state versus the peak 10 years ago. Having eighth graders in the high school would make us uniquely different in a negative way from surrounding towns likely further depressing our housing market.
Marlin Road, Sandy Hook
I have lived in this town for 12 years now. The taxes have never gone down. Any savings that they tell us will be there will only be used for a different pet project. Last year enrollment went down by over 200 students and the education budget went up 1.3 million. Our town government in incapable of any real savings. Closing the middle school will end up costing us 10 times the proposed savings in the long run when we have to build a new school. I don't want my eighth graders attending the high school.
8th graders do not belong in the same school as high schoolers, they are not emotionally or physically ready
We are strongly opposed to having our 8th graders at the high school.
20 Pine Tree Hill Road, Newtown, CT
eighth graders, some as young as 12 and 13 years old, are in a very different psychological and emotional place than most high school students, some as old as 18 and 19 years old. There's too much unsupervised social interaction in a high school setting and I believe lines can easily get blurred among people who come to see each other as peers. The 8th graders would be exposed to too many things that are not age appropriate and that they are not psychologically equipped to handle.
In 7th grade, my sons had Vape smoke blown in their faces while sharing the bus with high schoolers. That was enough. Even at 8th grade, they don't need to be in school with them!! Development-wise, it's two different worlds and they should be kept as such!!
Moving 8th graders to the high school is forcing kids to move into a social and educational circle they aren't equipped for, it would add tremendous stress and possibly depression. It will overcrowd the high school, put more wear/tear on the school equipment and such. With many of the kids being from Sandy Hook school; why would we want to force them into a change they just are not emotional equipped for? That kind of stress could potentially bring on depression.
lets put kids over saving a couple of dollars.
Immediately after the shooting at Sandy Hook, where my son was a 2nd grader, my mind jumped forward to concerns about his preteen/early teen years and how this experience would effect this already awkward and confusing time. I believe there are some kids that will struggle with being with the Highschool, Adding another level of stress to this group of children could cause serious harm. To quote Pat Llodra, "Do no harm".