Volume 20, Number 26
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Thursday, July 1, 2021
Superintendent receives 2% raise, contract extension At its June 14 meeting, the Board of Education voted to extend Superintendent Steven LePage's contract to 2024, and to award him a 2 percent increase for the 2021-22 school year. When it came to the raise, board member Nicole Palmieri was the lone no vote.
Betsy Neave, Frank T. Wheeler Elementary School Principal Andrew Batchelder, Plainville High School Principal Carl Johnson, Plainville Board of Education Chair Becky Tyrrell, Lynn Logoyke, Maria Colangelo, Carol Acousti, Denise Jacobson, Sue Butler, Diane Rottier, Matthew Guarino, Superintendent of Schools Steven LePage and John Procko are pictured at the June 14 Plainville Board of Education meeting. Missing from photo are Vanessa Bedford, Cindy Birdsall, Nancy Brown, Joyce Lynch, Patricia Osborne and Zofia Pelkowski.
At the June 14 Plainville Board of Education meeting, the BOE recognized Logoyke and the other retiring members of the school community. Those honored for their many years of service included: Carol Accousti – tutor, Frank T. Wheeler Elementary School; Vanessa Bedford – paraprofessional, Louis Toffolon Elementary School; Cindy Birdsall – health teacher, Middle School of Plainville, Linden Street
– math teacher, Middle School of Plainville; Maria Colangelo – world language teacher, Plainville High School; Matthew Guarino – principal, Middle School of Plainville; Denise Jacobson – school counselor, Plainville High School; Lynn Logoyke – principal, Louis Toffolon Elementary School; Joyce Lynch – library information teacher, Middle School of Plainville; Betsy Neave – Grade 1 teacher, Louis Toffolon Elementary School; Patricia Osborne – office professional, Middle School of Plainville; Outgoing Louis Toffolon Zofia Pelkowski – paraproElementary School Principal fessional, Linden Street Lynn Logoyke is pictured School; John Procko – custoJune 8 during ”Mrs. dian, Frank T. Wheeler EleLogoyke Day” at the school. mentary School; Diane Rottier – language arts teacher, School; Nancy Brown – para- Middle School of Plainville. professional, Middle School — Press Release of Plainville; Susan Butler
See LePage, A3
Renaming of library room gets approval
Logoyke, other retiring school employees honored The Louis Toffolon Elementary School community celebrated "Mrs. Logoyke Day" on June 8, in honor of Principal Lynn Logoyke, who retired at the end of June. Toffolon students participated in a parade and even shared retirement advice with Logoyke.
She made the following statement: “I have had a really hard time with this, honestly, and have gone back and forth on whether or not to vote on the superintendent's raise. My feelings say to vote for it, but I wasn’t elected for my feelings. I was elected to look at
At the June 21 Town Council meeting, Town Manager Robert Lee discussed several topics, including: Library re-naming: At the Library Board of Trustees meeting held on June 8, they unanimously voted to name the Youth Services Room in memo-
ry of Elizabeth “Betty” Boukus. They suggested that the dedication ceremony should be held after the summer months, on Friday, Sept. 17. Later in the meeting, Councilwoman Rosemary Morante motioned See Council, A6
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