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Volume 23, Number 25
Friday, September 20, 2019
Knitting group aims to spread love around By Everett Bishop Town Times
Some of the soap sacks made by Middlefield's Time to Knit group. The group sews, knits and crochets different items for those in need. Photo by Everett Bishop, Town Times
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Photo by Everett Bishop, Town Times
Superintendent responds to ‘racist’ social media post Earlier this month, a student at Frank Ward Strong School experienced what her mother described as “beyond severe racism” in a Facebook post. At the Wednesday, Sept. 11 Board of Education meeting, Superintendent of Schools Kathryn Veronesi addressed the issue. “We unfortunately have had a situation involving racism, and, again, I have to compliment our collective staff for
having protocols, procedures and remaining student-centered at all times,” Veronesi said. Veronesi met with several other school administrators to discuss a response. One idea was to hold a focus group at Strong School this fall to allow students to talk about their experience with diversity and inclusion at school.
port staff members of color” for the 2020 school year and is looking into including stipends in the teachers’ contract for “an equity and well being leader at each school,” Veronesi said. A cultural competency class for high schoolers as well as increased education for faculty and staff members also was proposed. — Everett Bishop
The district plans to hire “two certified and two sup-
Sat, Sept 21, 2019 • 9:00am–12:00pm Klingberg Family Centers, 370 Linwood St, New Britain, CT
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The Board of Education met on Wednesday, Sept. 11 to discuss the beginning of the school year as well as issues at Strong School involving racism.
General: $10 • Seniors (65+): $8 • Children 12 & under: Free Spectator parking will be on Klingberg Family Center’s campus
KlingbergMotorcarSeries.org This is the final event of the season, featuring a traditional car show (pre-1979), a display of vintage supercars, and activities for all ages.
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“It’s an event where veterans go to receive any service you can think of and A knitting group based out they can get everything of the Middlefield Federat- done,” said Vicki Berry, ed Church does more than founder of Time to Knit. just chat, knit and crochet. It helps stitch the commu- This year, the annual Veterans Stand Down event is nity together. scheduled for today, Time to Knit meets the Sept. 20. It’s hosted by the second and fourth Thurs- state Department of Veterday of every month, ans Affairs and takes place spending time in the at the Rocky Hill campus. evenings getting together Typically, hundreds of vetto knit, sew and crochet erans show up to connect for a common good. The with services. The outgroup started six months reach effort by dozens of ago creating handmade organizations helps vetersoap sacks for a local doans with an array of needs, mestic violence center. such as assistance for legal, health, financial, adSince then, the group has diction and recovery conmoved to a new cause: Veterans Stand Down. See Knit, A24