First Night Danbury 2011-12 Volunteers Needed

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Oct 28, 2011 12:00 AM

DANBURY â First Night Danbury is âLooking Up and Moving Forward,â celebrating its 22nd year of fun filled, family friendly arts events throughout CityCenter on New Yearâs Eve. The multi-cultural, multi-arts fest will begin on Saturday, December 31, with an afternoon 5K run and end with fireworks at 8:30. In between, there will be stilt walkers, giant puppets, storytellers, lots of music, and fun for all.

Volunteers are needed to check First Nighters in at the doors for more than 30 entertainments at such venues as The Palace Theatre, Heirloom Arts, Danbury Music Center, and Danbury Library. Organizers also need greeters to meet the performers and assist backstage, as well as those who would enjoy the challenge of parading giant puppets throughout CityCenter streets.

All ages are welcomed, and First Night encourages family teams to host. Everyone receives a button to First Night and with two hour shifts, enough time to attend several performances. Community service hours are available.

To participate in welcoming in the new year, contact Stacey Olszewski at staceyolszewski@yahoo.com or 203-512-9100.

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Newtown schools have degraded over the 3+ decades I've lived here as the concentrated social experiment curricula driven by the state and small but loud groups. Yet we continue to dig into our pockets while we witness the downward spiral.

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Unfortunately as voter turnout continues to decline the chances of it increasing also decline. The LC and BOF already know that the budget will be approved by virtue of the low turnout so why try to make smart decisions? The so-called referendum is essentially just a rubber stamp. They will continue to increase the budget by 2-5% every year because it's low enough to not cause a pushback under the cover of "inflation" and "maintaining the schools." Sending the budget to vote with 9% turnout is meaningless and a waste of resources on April 23rd.

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I have seen Mr. Pisani repeatedly assert in the pages of the Bee that Newtown schools are "testing at a failing 64.9%". I'd be curious if he could elaborate on this statistic, as I have been unable to verify it independently. Which test exactly is our school system failing? How do our schools compare to other towns? How does our score compare to historical measures? It's very hard to draw conclusions from a single data point, so here are a few more data points to think about for context: Newtown is consistently ranked among the top 20 school districts in CT by the US News and World Report and Niche, which consider a range of performance metrics in their rankings; on average, Newtown students perform similar to, if not better than, students in neighboring school districts on standardized math and reading tests; the only data point on the CT Department of Education District Report Card where Newtown "fails" -- that is, falls behind the state average -- is access to art instruction. I'm glad the council member has acknowledged in this letter what taxpayers in high-performing (and high-spending) school districts like Darien, New Canaan, and Westport already know: "School funding does impact student achievement." Please keep that in mind when you vote this week!

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