Town Times May 10, 2019

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School district budget, capital improvement plan approved

By Bailey Wright Town Times

Residents passed Regional School District 13’s budget proposal with a strong gap Tuesday in referendum, and passed the district’s proposed capital improvement plan with only 64 votes to spare.

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About eight vendors are lined up, and Scagnelli is looking for more. All venDurham’s 10th annual Farm- dors are Connecticut based ers Market will open later and as local as possible. this month, featuring fresh produce, live music and fun “The goal of the farmfoods. ers market really is to provide fresh, local, Connecticut New Market Master Jon ingredients to our patrons,” Scagnelli said 10 years is a Scagnelli said. special milestone for the market, which will open on Returning favorites include Thursday, May 16, on the Dondero Orchards and town green. It will run every Starlight Gardens, along with Thursday from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Sweet Sage Bakery and Pisuntil Sept. 12, except July 4. gah Mountain Primitives’s

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There will also be some new faces and foods, like Andie’s Cookies, made with natural ingredients, and a new food truck called Food Extrovert, which will serve items like grilled cheese, mac and cheese, and vegetarian beet sliders.

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dum and am happy to move forward with the June budget,” board chairman Bob Moore said.

Voter turnout was lower than average, at less than 8 percent in Middlefield and 13 percent in Durham.

Durham Democratic Registrar of Voters Karen Cheney said in about the last The $36.8 million budget five years, less than 20 or for fiscal year 201930 percent of voters usual20 passed 591 to 362. The ly show up for a May bud$6.9 million capital plan get referendum. Last year’s passed 511 to 447. turnout was around 12 Regional School District 13 percent in Durham. serves residents in “People have been fairly Durham and Middlefield. content in recent years “I was pleased with the and that’s pretty much outcome of the referen-

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Volunteers man near-empty stalls at the former Korn School building, where voting on Regional School District 13's 2019-20 budget proposal took place on Tuesday, May 7. Both referendum questions passed. | Bailey Wright, Town Times

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Fundraiser will help send students to Michigan event

By Bailey Wright Town Times

Later this month, 14 students from Regional School District 13 will travel to Michigan to compete in an international competition of Odyssey of the Mind, a creative problemsolving program.

To raise money to offset travel costs, the group is holding a fundraiser at Indian Springs Golf Club, 123 Mack

Road in Middlefield, this Saturday, May 11. The community is invited to join the teams for “all you can hit” range balls and cook-out foods like hot dogs, hamburgers and veggie burgers.

“It’s super exciting … (the world championship) is going to be a chance for the kids to meet other children from all around the world, who also enjoy creative problem solving and thinking outside the box,” said one of the group’s parent coaches, Maya Liss.

The group is hoping to raise about $5,000 and is at around $3,000 now, through its Go Fund Me push. Since the club didn’t expect to qualify for the world championship, families are facing unexpected costs.

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“The whole cost for the kids to go is about $9-10,000 …

So if we could raise $5,000 that would be fantastic,” Liss said.

The 14 RSD13 students represent two teams, made up of kids from grade school to middle school, who are giv-

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Education advocate, outdoorsman remembered Howard Kelley Award 2016 recipient Hugh McCutchen is remembered by friends and family as a generous volunteer and passionate fisherman. The Durham resident died close to family on April 27, at 82.

“The main thing that was important to him was just helping people,” said his daughter, Heather McCutchen Kannam. “He loved helping people, he loved being useful, he loved doing things, fixing things.”

said her father was always the last person there on Sundays washing dishes after coffee hour.

Over his life, he also served as a volunteer ambulance driver, a Rotary member, a United Way fundraising leader, Junior Achievement director, a Little League coach, and served as a mentor to many college students through the Episcopal Canterbury Club.

“And fixing things: his kitchen counter was a magical space where broken things were left and he would tackle them with de-

termination, ingenuity, and usually super glue,” McCutchen Kannam said in his obituary.

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to the Trout in Classroom program and fishing club at Memorial School in Middlefield. Fellow program leader and longtime friend Bill Glueck won along with him.

The Kelley award, founded in 2011, recognizes a commitment to education within the community.

McCutchen and Glueck helped run Trout in the Classroom programs in more than 10 schools across Middlesex County since around 2005. Together they supported teachers in setting up cold water tanks with trout eggs, and after months of the students studying and caring for them, helped release them in into the wild.

“You don’t know where these children are going, and the more you have them exposed to things like this, the more chances you’re going to have with children that are going to think back and say ‘yeah, the environment is really important,’” Gleuck said.

The two also ran the Memorial School’s fishing club for about 10 years.

“Hugh loved it,” Gleuck said.

McCutchen Kannam said her father was modest and became even more excited for the Kelley award when she won it two years later, for founding PaperHouse Productions.

McCutchen was born in South Carolina and met his wife Julia while living at West Point. Both were

“Army brats.” He studied chemical engineering at Colorado School of Mines, Clemson University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

He previously lived in Alabama, and moved to Durham with his wife 15 years ago, to live with Heather and her family.

Looking back, McCutchen Kannam said she’s grateful for the time she and her children got to spend with him.

Third-grader Daphne Liss, of Durham, holds a light-up sign as part of her role in the Coginchaug Valley Education Foundation Odyssey of the Mind team, during their practice on April 30. | Bailey Wright, Town Times

“He was just such a steady, dependable presence,” she said. “You could count on him to always kind of be there to pick up whatever needed doing.”

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DURHAM — Several artificial turf athletic fields statewide, including at Coginchaug Regional High School, contain a product at the center of a lawsuit over its alleged defectiveness.

a federal lawsuit that claims the company sold an artificial turf product, called Duraspine, to schools and towns across the country from 2005 to 2010 despite knowing the product was defective.

A spokesman for the manufacturer has denied the claims in the lawsuit, FieldTurf, the manufacturer adding that state and fedfrom which CRHS purchased eral investigations found an outdoor artificial turf field no wrongdoing on the part in 2010, currently faces of the company.

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The lawsuit against FieldTurf was filed in October 2017 in the District of New Jersey and seeks class-action status.

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The overall immunization rates of Connecticut school children is more than 98 percent, but the newly released data show some schools with high rates of unvaccinated children, some exempted for either medical or religious reasons and others unexplained. More than three dozen schools reported more than five percent of their students claimed exemptions, while the DPH identified nearly 100 schools where less than 95 percent of kindergarten students were vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella.

where we saw medical exemptions as high as 20 percent and that statistically seems difficult to understand,” said House Majority Leader Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, who is married to a physician. “We have pockets as bad as California was at the height of their outbreaks.

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Lamont’s budget more of What skills and attributes should RSD13 students acquire? a tax burden for residents

By Kathryn Veronesi

High school graduation is set for Friday, June 14. We look forward to another year of beautiful weather and sunny skies to celebrate our students and the staff, families and communities that have supported them throughout their schooling. We are proud of our graduating class and reflect on their many contributions to our school district and how education has changed since they began kindergarten in 2007.

ties for people to share their insight and ideas.

Please contribute to this process by answer- Veronesi ing this question on-line: What are the most important skills and attributes that RSD13 students should acquire to ensure success in life, learning and work beyond school?

Using a platform called Over the course of the next Thoughtexchange, you will few months, staff, students have the opportunity to share your thoughts as well and community members will have the opportunity to as read those of other participants. You will then be share their thoughts on what skills and dispositions able to assign “stars” (from a low of 1 to a high of 5) to are essential for our stushow how important each dents upon graduation.

Through our Portrait of the idea is to you. Click this Graduate process there will link to access the conversation or using any internetbe in-person meetings as connected device, go to well as on-line opportuni-

thoughtexchange.com, click on the "Join" button and enter the code 925493-127. For iPads and iPhones, you can also download the Thoughtexchange app and enter the same code. Please participate by Wednesday, May 15.

We plan to identify RSD13’s portrait and be ready to share with the Board of Education by October. Once this information is shared with the board, we will begin the process of identifying performance assessments to measure progress and experiences students need to have from preK through grade 12. The basic steps, as guided by our work with the Center for School Change, include: defining the portrait (or vision) of the graduate, designing a performance assessment system that meaSee Veronesi, A10

It’s time to shed those plumes Ah, spring. By the end of February we New Englanders are counting the days, and maybe the minutes, until its arrival. Nothing puts joy in our hearts like those first balmy days.

And spring is not just a big deal for us Northerners. It is, apparently, a big deal for everyone. For me, it’s finally being able to toss the shoes.

For the Ute tribe of Colorado, it’s the Bear Dance, which usually takes place in late May or June.

by the critter’s strange movements.

So grateful was the bear for not being killed, that he taught the man the dance he was doing, along with the song that went along with it.

The bear told him to teach this dance to his people so that they could show their respect for his kind, as well as draw strength from the bear’s spirit.

The Bear Dance usually takes place in an open field or corral surrounded by a fence made of brush or woThe story goes that one day two brothers were out hunt- ven branches. Women dress ing when they came across a for it by wearing tall buckskin moccasins and brightly bear who was standing on his hind legs, shuffling back colored shawls. Two lines of dancers (one men, one and forth while clawing a tree. One brother continued women) face each other and shuffle back and forth tothe hunt, while the other stayed behind, mesmerized ward each other, accompa-

nied by singers and the playing of the morache.

The women then select a partner by flicking the fringe of their shawls at them. The dance continues with the two lines divided into couples. It lasts for several days and ends when one of the couples falls down from exhaustion or the singers get tired.

It’s believed that this was traditionally a fertility dance, being performed in the spring because that is when the bears See Carr, A21

By Len Suzio

If you detest the new tax burden that will be imposed by the Legislature if they pass toll legislation, you will absolutely hate Governor Ned Lamont’s proposed budget. Although I did not vote for Governor Lamont, I had hoped with his business background he would bring some commonsense budgeting to Hartford. But the Governor’s proposed budget dispelled me of that delusion.

Facing a $3.7 billion projected deficit for the biennium budget, the governor disdained spending cuts and chose to balance the budget with record-breaking tax increases and cost shifting, with only a smattering of spending cuts (which may turn out to be unrealistic because they require state employee union approval which is not likely).

As I reviewed the Office of Fiscal Analysis Synopsis of the governor’s proposed budget, I discovered 57 tax increases! That’s right, 57 tax increases are in the proposed budget. The increases come in various shapes and sizes. Seniors and retired folks will be disappointed to learn that the governor has proposed eliminating the scheduled changes to exemption thresholds that would have reduced seniors state income tax burden.

Likewise, the Governor proposed eliminating the increased income exemptions for retired teachers.

This column has a limited number of words, so I can’t list all 57 tax increases, but I will highlight a few here.

This short list is taken from the complete list in the Office of Fiscal Analysis Synopsis of the governor’s proposed budget: n Repeal expansion of the income tax exemption for Social Security income

n Repeal

new income tax exemption for pension and annuity income exemption

n Permanently cap at 25% teachers pension exemption from state income tax n Expand

the sales tax to include legal and accounting services n Expand the sales tax to include veterinary services n Expand

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the health care provider tax on hospitals Some of the foregoing are “nickels and dimes” taxes, but others are serious tax increases. For example, the elimination of the sales tax exemption on automobile trade-ins can mean more than $1,000 of extra sales tax to be paid by someone purchasing a car. And anyone selling their home also will see a big tax imposed on their real estate commissions fee (a house sold for $250,000 will likely result in almost $1,000 sales tax on the real estate commission).

The foregoing tax increases do not include the proposed paid-sick-leave “payroll tax” that will take an extra 0.5% from your paycheck. If you are making $60,000 per year that will be another $300 See Suzio, A10

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in Madison. At the public Glenville School in Greenwich, 11.8 percent were unvaccinated, mostly claiming medical exemptions.

The data has its inconsistencies: In some cases schools reported a low compliance rate, but no claims for religious or medical exemptions. For example, the Achievement First Hartford Academy reported that only 69.3 percent of its kindergarten students had received the MMR shot for measles, mumps and rubella, but no exemptions.

“This data is startling and needs to be addressed,” Gov. Ned Lamont said in a statement. “This cannot become a public health crisis as we have seen in other states.

Making sure all of our young students in Connecticut are safe is the number one priority.”

mation to raise public awareness of immunization rates in local communities.

In the letter, she said that more awareness “may lead to increased engagement and focus on increasing immunization rates to reduce the risk of vaccine-preventable diseases.”

“Today’s data from the state Department of Public Health bears out what many of us feared,” said Senate President Pro Tem Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven. “The immunization level is dangerously low in a significant number of schools and communities putting the public’s health at risk. This is a matter of grave public health concern.”

Ritter, the House leader, said he and his staff were trying to digest the data, which he

Schools with vaccine rates at or below 96 percent (herd immununity is 95 percent): School Town Emma Hart Willard School Berlin John Lyman School Middlefield Heritage Baptist Academy Wallingford Meloira Academy Meriden ALTA at Pyne Center Southington

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Vaccine rate 95.5 percent 94 percent 93.5 percent 81.5 percent 95.7 percent

Kindergarten classes with vaccine rates at or below 96 percent (herd immununity is 95 percent): School John Lyman School Hatton Elementary School Evans C. Stevens School Highland School

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Vaccine rate 94.3 percent 93.4 percent 95.7 percent 96 percent

All figures for the 2017-18 school year.

Source: Department of Public Health

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Religious exemptions to vaccinations for students entering kindergarten remain relatively rare, but they have nearly quadrupled since the 2003-2004 school year, from 316 to 1,255.

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sures each learners’ progress on achieving the vision, implementing pedagogies and school structures that support the vision and lead to success on the performance assessment.

We have exciting work ahead in Regional School District 13 as we continue to move towards a single educational approach rather than a two-program design.

This process includes the identification of current practices that are good for all students that we would like to sustain in the future,

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Based on my review of the OFA synopsis and adding in the paid-sick-leave payroll tax the average annual tax burden of taxpayers would be increased by almost $1,000.

Aside from the 57 tax increases and the paid sick leave payroll tax, the tolls will be another added burden to Connecticut families.

So, add that to your annual tax burden proposed by Governor Lamont.

But that’s not the end of the story. When we look at the governor’s proposed spending “cuts” it becomes evident that much of the spending cuts are really cost

Kathryn Veronesi is Superintendent of Schools in RSD13.

This means Meriden, Cheshire, and Middlefield will be forced to pick up that “spending cut” that is really another cost-shifting shell game gimmick. And who do you think will pay that added cost?

Another example is the governor’s interception of automobile taxes intended to be transferred to the Special Transportation Fund. For the biennium that will save about $267 million in the General Fund, but it accelerates the forecasted bankruptcy of the Special Transportation Fund – which is why the governor says we need tolls!

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says must be reviewed with public-health and education officials.

“But there is no question the number is shocking,” Ritter said.

Rep. Vincent Candelora, RNorth Branford, cautioned against an overreaction.

There have been only three reported measles cases in Connecticut, and he has yet to see a rationale for the state to overrule parents who object to some or all childhood vaccinations. Despite a widespread medical consensus about the safety and efficacy of vaccines, some parents question their need or their safety.

“It’s about balancing the public health with the individual right to choose,” Candelora said.

As Coleman-Mitchell explained in her letter to superintendents, a disease outbreak is less likely to occur in schools where high numbers of students have been immunized and “herd immunity” is established. “[W]hen almost all the children have immunity, a disease is much less likely to appear at the school and infect children who have not been vaccinated,” she said in the letter. “Herd immunity is achieved when the vaccination rate in a community is high enough to protect unvaccinated children.”

She said that this is especially important for medically fragile children who cannot be safely vaccinated but are less able to fight off illness if they are infected.

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“Consequently, this information bears special importance to the parents or guardians of such children, who may wish to access information about their child’s school vaccination rates for their child’s protection.”

Parents are now able to exempt their children from the vaccination requirement for medical or religious reasons.

In addition, students with proof of immunity to certain diseases such as measles or mumps may be counted as vaccinated.

The data show that many of the schools with high rates of unvaccinated students are Christian academies and Montessori schools.

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If the foregoing isn’t enough to depress Connecticut taxpayers, the stunning truth is that if all these tax increases are passed, we still are projected to be staring at deficits as far as the

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The day of reckoning for decades of foolish tax-andspend politics in Connecticut is at hand. Taxpayers are at the breaking point and the governor’s proposed budget only adds to the unsustainable taxpayer burden.

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quences and the consequences for Connecticut are indeed dire. The state is broke and the only answer from the governor and the Legislature is to spend more and tax more. Wait till taxpayers find out!

Len Suzio is a former state senator and vice-chair of the Transportation Committee.

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Ritter and Rep. Liz Linehan, D-Cheshire, the co-chair of the legislature’s Committee on Children, were non-committal about pursuing legislation before the session ends on June. 5. “It’s certainly not something that we can decide overnight, so I look forward to a continuing conversation,” Linehan said.

“If we did decide to go ahead and eliminate the religious exemption, some of these schools would be hitting the herd immunity rate.

We need to continue to look at that. That’s an important point.”

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From Vaping to Depression: Coginchaug Students Consistent with Nationwide Concerns Vaping Epidemic at Coginchaug?

Teen Depression Alarmingly on the Rise

By Bryce Fleck, Megan Lower & Cole Niedmann

By Kyle Roberts & Connor Rulnick In the last few years, administrators. the use of electronic To better understand cigarettes, also known these developing habits of as E-cigs, has become a students using devices in national epidemic. school, we focused on our “Now is the time to take own, Coginchaug Regional action,” U.S. Surgeon High School. We have General Jerome Adams taken multiple surveys recently said in a press and interviewed students conference. “We need to anonymously, as well as protect our young people interviewed both teachfrom all tobacco products, ers and administrators. including efinalizing “It helps me After cigarettes.” the data, we Because of relieve stress I have come to how easily acthe concluhave from cessible these sion that the devices have homework and habitual use of become, teen vaping deother things.” vices in school vaping has become a nationis alarming, al issue and has severely and there has been little affected students, teachprogress in stopping the ers, and parents due to the growth of the epidemic. highly addictive chemicals According to a study that are being inhaled into done in 2018 by The teens’ bodies.

Partnership For Drug Free Due to the addictive Kids, 20 percent of high quality of nicotine, it creschool students are vapates a need and desire to ing. Although this research constantly use some sort was conducted only a year of E-cigarette, and that ago, the numbers that desire has become so exwe discovered are much cessive that students have higher, feuling the debate developed the habits of of the increasing epidemic. the use of these devices in Our research concluded school, causing chaos for that as a whole, 55 percent teachers and upper level Continued on page 2

Teen Depression On the Rise At the high school level, researchers are encountering alarming rates of Depression and Anxiety.

It is mostly caused by the stress that is put on teens during this time period. A statistic from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) shows that 17 percent of all American students in grades 9-12 seriously considered attempting suicide in the last year.

This statistic has provoked a lot of concern around the mental well-being of the next generation.

Depression is the leading cause of suicide with over 50 percent of suicide victims suffering from Major Depression. Additionally, as of 2017, suicide has become the second leading cause of death amongst people ages 10-34, following only accidental injury.

Some suggest that the alarming rise in Depression is due to a change in societal standards. “The pressure on students is out of control,” said Mrs. Amy Jacques-Purdy, with a masters degree in educa-

According to a survey given to 100 students at Coginchaug, 83.3 percent of students believe that there is a stigma surrounding mental health within their school.

tional leadership and the AP Psychology teacher at Coginchaug. “Pressure from society, themselves, schools and adults to fill résumés leads to a lot of anxiety… This only intensifies because of society’s idea that everyone needs to go to college.”

We can see this in a study conducted by BlueCross BlueShield insurance.

The study “found that diagnoses of major Depression are rising fastest among those under age 35. As a result, diagnoses have gone up 47 percent since 2013 among millennials (ages 18–34). Plus,

the rate for adolescents (ages 12–17) has risen 63 percent since 2013—47 percent for boys and 65 percent for girls.”

In fact, the Depression study found that 85 percent of people who are diagnosed with major Depression also have one or more additional serious chronic health conditions.

Moreover, 30 percent of those people have four or more other health conditions. As a result, both men and women with Depression lose an average of 10 years of healthy life. Additionally, people

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Vaping (cont’d from page 1) of surveyed students at Coginchaug vape, consisting of 52 percent male and 58 percent female. Even with such high percentages of usage by students here, 88 percent of the students claimed that they believe that vaping negatively affects one’s health.

The fact that almost 90 percent of these students are acknowledging the health risks yet continue to vape proves that the problem is getting worse.

In order to gather more information about the high usage of vaping devices within the school, we gathered multiple anonymous sources and questioned them about the epidemic.

The volume of people in the bathroom that take advantage of its usage by vaping heavily deter students who intend on using the bathroom appropriately.

One student claimed, “Usually, I can’t even use the bathroom... I walk in, see so many people, and have to just walk out. It’s pretty frustrating.”

Based on some of our findings, our group wanted to find out more from authority perspectives so we questioned numerous faculty members in order to learn more.

“Because it’s so easily hidden, more people than you expect do it, and kids who you don’t expect get roped into it,” said another anonymous source.

“It’s sad that we need somebody to watch for people to go in and out of the bathroom.”

In regards to the problem, there are very few things that can be done to prohibit these actions

within the school.

According to Mrs. Leslie Stratton, a Coginchaug guidance counselor, “The problems in society make their way into the school...

From my perception, the problem is being able to catch someone; [there is] no smoke, no smell. It’s easy to use and conceal, and by the time we get there, it’s too late. In addition to that problem, we can’t search without suspicion, so there is very little we can legitimately do.”

Clearly, a major problem throughout the school is not just the usage of these devices by underage consumers but being able to stop the usage.

The problem in solving the epidemic in school is that the usage of cameras inside the bathroom would certainly not be allowed, teachers within the bathroom would not be an appropriate solution, and even closing down bathrooms has yet to be proven effective.

Since the effects of vaping haven’t yet been shown because of how new these E-cigarettes are, teens don’t really see a reason to stop. Although our data shows 88% of students thinking vaping negatively affects their health, because there is no scientific evidence to back up major health risks, people continue to use the devices.

As of right now, the real issue researchers see is the link to cigarettes.

Scientists believe that vape devices are a gateway to actual cigarettes.

“The addiction to nicotine and later conversion to (or dual use with) regular cigarettes are the

greatest concerns,” according to Roy S. Herbst, Yale Medicine’s Chief of Medical Oncology at Yale Cancer Center.

This is extremely alarming because the use of cigarettes has finally trended downward in the US after nearly a century of widespread use. According to The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), there are 93 harmful chemicals found in regular cigarettes.

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has found over 7,000 chemicals, with 69 of them being known to cause cancer. Although it could be years until we see the actual effects of vaping on people, there has been research that shows dangers to adolescents.

“We have a lot of evidence showing that the adolescent brain is extremely sensitive to the effects of nicotine,” according to researcher Krishnan-Sarin, professor of psychiatry at Yale University. She continued to say, “Studies have shown us that nicotine can interfere with memory and attention processing.”

So why do so many teens at Coginchaug vape when they know it can cause serious health issues?

“It helps me relieve stress I have from homework and other things,” said one student.

“It helps relax me and makes me feel comfortable,” said another.

It’s clear that some students rely on their devices to help manage the everyday stress of high school.

They have taken a dangerous habit and turned it into a coping mechanism.

The students who have these serious addictions have to pay the price when it comes to buying Juul pods or vape juice.

“I use a pack of week… I spend about 60 dollars a month,” said a Coginchaug senior.

It is important to note that one pack of Juul pods comes with four individual pods. Each single pod contains as much nicotine as a pack of cigarettes, according to Truth Initiative.

In addition, these devices have a lot of appeal to teens because of the fruity flavors and the looks of the devices.

“It tastes good, and there is a a lot of different flavors to choose from,” according to a Coginchaug student.

“The devices look cool

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and are easy to hide from people,” said another student.

It’s evident that in addition to the usage of devices to cope with stress, the various fruity flavors and highly decorated devices appeal to a younger audience, specifically high school students.

After concluding our research, it is evident that the vaping epidemic will continue to be a problem in schools, including Coginchaug. Although the government has gotten involved by banning flavors and making rules and regulations for underage use of vape devices in public, the issue will continue to be a local battle.

In terms of Coginchaug’s fight against vaping, there is no way to stop it.

Locking the bathrooms has seen little success, and further procedures like putting an adult in the bathroom could cause backlash from parents and students.

The only feasible way to combat the vaping epidemic would be to continue to spread awareness to students in terms of the health effects vaping can cause.

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Lessening Food Waste in RSD 13

By Sarah LeMere

According to independent newsmagazine Grist, every day across the country, $5 million worth of school lunches get wasted, and up until 11 years ago, food waste was the norm in District 13.

However, after District 13’s implementation of the Offer versus Serve program in 2008, the amount of food thrown away by students in the District has drastically decreased, according to District 13 Director of Food Services Mark Basil.

Offer versus Serve is a federal program created by the National School Lunch Program that allows students to take fewer than the five food groups usually mandated; however, the student must choose a fruit or vegetable.

“The state says that you must offer five of the food groups,” explained Basil.

“The Offer versus Serve tells us that we don’t have to force the kids to take all five if they don’t want.

[The students] can just take three, and we can still ring it up as a meal.”

At the end of the week, any unused cooked food and produce are thrown away, so alongside the Offer versus Serve program, at Coginchaug and Strong, another attempt to reduce food waste is making food to order, such as sandwiches and salads.

“We try not to get rid of food - that’s why we make so much to order,” Basil elucidated. “We don’t preportion and pre-package a lot of items. If we have any salads that are leftover, they get thrown away.”

Making sandwiches and salads to order controls and minimizes waste at both Coginchaug and Strong, according to Basil.

However, at the end of the year, certain leftovers don’t get thrown away.

Instead, they get donated to those in need.

“At the end of the school year, if we have stuff we

Photo by Sarah LeMere can’t use, whether or not it’s milk or produce or juice or things like that, we donate it,” said Basil.

“For the past seven years, we have donated food to St. Vincent de Paul in Middletown.”

These efforts have been very effective in the district, according to Basil, who has seen the amount of food thrown away by students lessen since the implementation of Offer versus Serve.

Basil thinks the lunch program as a whole is very successful and effective and believes the cafeteria staff is a big part of what makes it work, as well as the students.

“We’re really lucky because this cafeteria staff has been together for a long time, and they know what they’re doing, and I’m lucky to have them,” explained Basil. “They control waste, and the biggest thing that we do is that we want to put what you all want on the plate and not force you to throw away.”

Cafeteria Manager Jane Schmitt agrees with Basil and thinks the lunch program offers many great choices of food, both breakfast and lunch.

“I am very pleased with our program, and it seems our kids are too,” said Schmitt, who has been with Coginchaug since 1983. “I feel the students here are very lucky with all the choices they have.

I’m happy that we offer breakfast for kids that don’t have time to eat at home, I feel that’s really

important.”

“I enjoy the opportunity to have breakfast at school because we start too early, and I don’t have time to eat at home,” said senior Megan Lower. “I find myself rushing to get out of the house in the morning.”

To help improve the program, Basil wants to connect to with the students more, and he wants to learn what the students want for lunch, in hopes to have less food thrown away in the future. “[The cafeteria staff and I are] always looking, and I go to food shows to try to get new ideas for food,” Basil said. “I’ll ask students; I’ll ask a lot of people. We’re always looking for feedback because it’s your guys’ program, and nothing is going to sell if you don’t tell me what you’re looking for.”

Basil takes the feedback seriously, and suggestions that have been made by students have been implemented into the program.

“A lot of people missed the tater tots, and [Basil] gets us the food we want,” said senior Connor Rulnick, who went to Basil about getting tater tots back in the cafeteria. “The tots seemed like a really big hit because they were gone so quick. He’s really good about listening; in fact, he wants students to make suggestions. [The suggestions are] a big part of his job.”

You can contact Basil with food suggestions, feedback or any questions at mbasil@rsd13.org.

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(continued from page 8) poverty. However, some similarities he has seen include the stresses and anxieties from school.

“The pressure and anxieties [factors such as academic performance, events outside of school and social media] can sometimes create” are more prevalent at Coginchaug than his previous school but was still experienced there as well.

McClintick sees her AP students are “conscious of grades and how and what to do in order to do well,” emphasizing their motivation.

In contrast, one teacher in Indiana, Jacob Scott, is part of a program that offers students cash incentives for each passing grade, and he believes “it’s a good motivation.” Incentives may work for students who need a little push in order to reach their goals.

In addition, differing school systems have differing opportunities, general makeup, and priorities which may contribute to how effective AP courses are in terms of the percentage of students passing the exams. Although she may not have taken many AP courses, Coginchaug and neighboring school alumni Kim-Tran has attended two of these area schools and observed the differences.

The diverse and multicultural nature of a city environment showed her differing cultures and perspectives among the students. She felt the environment of Coginchaug values more the “facts” and “disput[ing] validity of facts,” showing a heavier emphasis on education, whereas in her other district, although she felt education was important, “street smarts” were also valued.

In addition, she saw differences in student opportunities, including being able to drive or pay for expenses.

There tended to be a higher percentage of people who obtained their driver’s license at Coginchaug, whereas a great deal of students relied on public transportation or walking to get to her other school. Students in underperforming districts tend

to face monetary challenges at home, which could contribute to poor test results as well as student motivation; however, in regards to course options, the other district offers a wider variety of AP course options than Coginchaug, as well as more technical courses including CNA training and automotive.

My Perspective Overall, based on the statistics and insight from students of differing districts, performance on the AP tests have similarities and differences. However, the way students are introduced to AP courses may be a strong factor in student success on AP exams.

The most effective method seems to be encouraging students to take AP courses strongly based on teacher recommendation and SAT scores, not based on incentives. Although Kim-Tran’s other district does not offer incentives, the payment of the tests acts as an influence to further increase enrollment, possibly at the expense of the quality of students’ results on the AP test.

Student motivation cannot always be controlled, but that is prevalent in all districts with teens. Cash incentives have not been implemented into our area school systems and should not be unless offered for specifically challenging courses, such as the AP Computer Science A exam. The state of Arkansas implemented a cash incentive program offers students $250 for scoring a 3, $750 for scoring a 4, and $1,000 for scoring a 5 for the AP Computer Science A exam. This incentive program is not available for the AP Computer Science Principles course.

Although incentives may provide additional motivation for students to succeed, students should not need incentives to do well in a course. If programs decide to incorporate incentives, the program should consist of qualified students taking the exams.

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Mental Health (cont’d from page 1) diagnosed with major The next question leads into the degree to which Depression use healthcare stress negatively affects productivity, an indicator for services more than twice possible Depression or other mental disorder. as often as other insured Americans, and they spend twice as much money on healthcare according to BlueCross BlueShield insurance.

Durham and Middlefield So what about the teens in our community? Are they a part of these astounding statistics, and if so, what does it look like more specifically at the high school where adolescents’ lives are changing the most? The answer is absolutely. The national consensus and conclusion on Depression within these age groups is applicable to students at Coginchaug. We conducted a study to see how similar our high school is to the rest of the country. Our study was focused specifically on seniors because these students are at a critical time in their life as they step into adulthood.

The stress of graduating, possibly attending college, figuring out a career, and overall taking on greater responsibilities can all contribute to an individual’s mental well-being.

The survey consisted of questions having to do with how much stress seniors face, if they experience general symptoms of Depression, and if they are seeking help.* The first question addresses the amount of stress the individual is experiencing. This is useful in determining if students are dealing with issues or are under a certain degree of pressure.

According to the data, 90 percent of students feel that their senior year is stressful with answers ranging from moderate to extremely stressful. This is not a surprise considering the amount of change this group of students is facing.

The results of this question (see above) are quite telling in that almost three-fourths of the students are moderately to severely impacted by stress. What this means is that, even though it is normal for seniors to experience lots of stress, ways in which the majority of them are dealing with it are not working. That is definitely cause for concern. One of the main causes of Depression in any person or age group is ineffectively managing and alleviating stress.

This next question is aimed at identifying a possible source for the stress that seniors experience. It looks as if high school alone is indeed a major contributor to teen pressure.

The data (shown above) illustrates that almost 90 percent of students feel that high school moderately to severely contributes to their stress. The idea behind these results is not unfounded; high school is supposed to challenge students and prepare them for college and life after graduation. The astonishment comes from the number of students who feel this way, and the fact that 67.5 percent of that population feels overwhelmingly that high school is a factor in causing stress. Again, these are seniors who overall feel stressed because of school.

This subsequent question shifts into asking about the symptoms of Depression. Now, seniors who took this survey were not made aware that the symptoms below are in fact indicators of Depression according to a consensus of highly credible medical websites and doctors.

The goal of this question was to see how many people actually experience one or more of the symptoms and which symptoms are the most prevalent. The symptoms are grouped based on general wellness categories (from top to bottom: mood, sleep, whole body, behavioral, and cognitive).

The study found that almost three-fourths of the sample population experienced Anxiety, apathy, hopelessness, loss of interest, sadness, and/or mood swings.

The same percentage was applicable for symptoms of sleep issues such as too much sleep or too little. Over half of the surveyed seniors experienced a range of symptoms in the behavioral category including agitation, irritability, and social isolation. The two categories

experienced least by the population, whole body and cognitive respectively, still exceed over 25 percent. Even though it is impossible to know if every single sample individual has experienced one of the symptoms, it is safe to assume that at least 72.5 percent have, based on the first two categories. One thing to keep in mind is that some people likely checked off at least two of the categorical symptoms, which again, is concerning.

Diagnoses for Depression cannot be identified based on students’ answers to this question, but it is a good indicator for potential signs of a mental illness or Depression.

The final question of the survey asked seniors if they were dealing with the symptoms indicated earlier through professional assistance. This is extremely important in determining how much students are willing to improve their mental wellness. The results also help determine a general percentage of the population dealing with one or more Depression symptoms and their level of concern.

The data is quite incredible. Thirty-five percent of the senior sample population has spoken to either a physician, social worker, or psychologist/psychiatrist about their symptoms. These individuals recognize that their stress and signs of stress have become too much for them to handle on their own. On the other hand, 55 percent of the students have not talked to a medical professional. Whether it is because they are not concerned about their symptoms or are not willing to get help or ask for help is left unknown.

According to Michele Niedmann, school psychologist for 15 years, “There is a stigma surrounding Depression, and I think that is why students are afraid to reach out for help. Also, Depression in teenagers comes out as moodiness and irritability, so parents don’t necessarily realize that those can be symptoms of Depression.”

Either way, 72.5 percent of seniors have experienced a sign of Depression or a mental disorder, 35 percent of whom have sought help. Somewhere in that gap there are individuals likely suffering from Depression, and they are not receiving the help they need. *This data was found in an anonymous survey given to 40 random members of the senior class. Forty people is approximately one-third of the senior class at Coginchaug.

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Many states have taken initiative passing the Jason Flatt Act. The Jason Flatt Act, first passed in Tennessee in 2007, is a piece of legislation that focuses on suicide prevention education for both students and teachers in all educational settings.

The legislation specifically requires two hours of training for teachers on suicide prevention and awareness as well as two hours for students.

Twenty states have passed the Jason Flatt Act over the last 12 years.

These include,Tennessee, Louisiana, California, Mississippi, Illinois, Arkansas, West Virginia, Utah, South Carolina, Alaska, Ohio, North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Georgia, Texas, South Dakota, Alabama, and Kansas.

Although the Jason Flatt Act hasn’t been passed in Connecticut, our state does have something similar called the CYSPI

(CT Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative). The CYSPI is a three-part initiative aimed at assisting people who suffer from all mental illnesses. The first point is the education component, which includes implementing the Signs of Suicide (SOS) program into high schools and state colleges as well as having mental health screenings.

The second part is training Department of Children Families (DCF) as well as medical professionals with skills from Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). These people being trained are then to be utilized in part three which is setting up and establishing facilities that make getting help more accessible and comfortable.

This plan has been in action since 2006 and is now being overshadowed by a plan brought to legislation in 2014, Plan 2020, which can be found on SPRC.org.

This plan is a multi-step

May 10, 2019 strategy that aims to lower Connecticut’s average of 351 residents dying per year by suicide.

These plans put a lot of responsibility on educating students about mental illness. At Coginchaug, mental illness is taught across all four years of health education but is heavily focused on during senior year. Coginchaug health teacher Mr. Robb Bajoros thinks there should still be more taught about mental health.

“I feel like it could be more incorporated into education,” he said when talking about how Coginchaug handles teaching about mental health.

“In our senior health, it’s a big talking point. Many seniors make ‘stop the stigma’ projects and try to speak out against it… however, I feel like there is a disconnect between health classes and the rest of the school.”

Mrs. Jacques feels similarly: “I feel like incorpo-

rating [Mental Health Awareness] into more of the school is a way to help stop the stigma associated with mental illness.”

Overall, they both feel like Coginchaug is doing its part, but they could always do more. Mrs. Jacques suggested support groups focused on bringing people with similar problems together in order to communicate that they’re not alone.

Mrs. Jacques also thinks there should be an ideological change within schools.

“We need to de-emphasize perfection and emphasize improvement,” she said. “Not everyone needs to go to college; society doesn’t need everyone to go to college.

Society needs trades workers and skilled workers to fill other jobs.”

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starting to be addressed at Coginchaug, but the overall focus of society continues to be on college immediately after high school.

Based on the results from our study, many seniors are overwhelmingly stressed and experiencing symptoms of Depression.

A percentage receive professional assistance, but those not doing anything is concerning. Our community is representative of a larger issue that reaches a significant portion of the American population.

Because of this, states are starting to take the steps in the right direction towards making help more accessible and encouraged.

It is going to take years of legislation and implementation to see what truly helps the increasing rate of Depression amongst adolescents, but the nation is addressing mental health issues through an overall concerned medical community.

New Outlook on Mental Illness: From Awareness to Wellness Rooms DURHAM, Connecticut- A small town in the middle of nowhere is tackling mental health stigma within their local schools. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), one in five children are diagnosed with a mental illness between the ages of 13 and 18 (starting in middle school and ending in high school). Although Durham is a small town, this statistic still applies, and the district is beginning the process of fixing the issue.

For the first time, mental illness has been increasingly talked about on all platforms, whether it be social media or the news.

Although this is a good thing that people are becoming more comfortable with the topic of mental health, many people still associate negative connotations with the topic due to lack of education.

According to a random

survey given to 100 students from at Coginchaug, 83.3 percent of students believe that there is a stigma surrounding mental health within their school.

Out of those 100 students, 64.8 percent believe there should be a required class for students to learn about mental health.

The school social worker, Mrs. Bottini agrees that there is a lack of education on the subject: “I think mostly there is a stigma because it’s not understood. I think people are afraid when they hear someone has a mental illness because they believe the person is violent which is not the case. Mental illness is very common and is not related with violence or anything to be afraid of.”

In order to increase the understanding of mental health, and hopefully in the process de-stigmatize

it, RSD 13 is in the process of rewriting their curriculum. With hopes of bringing awareness to younger grades as well as increasing the opportunity for students with mental health conditions to cope during the school day, District 13 is on the right path. The most recent development has been the creation of a PE elective focusing on wellness.

Mr. Bajoros, a health teacher at Coginchaug, said, “We are going to create a wellness room next year that will be used during a PE elective.

This will be a class where people can just go and relax if they are stressed or anxious and need a break from the school day. If all goes well, the room will be open to all students during x-block and lunch if proper supervision is worked out.”

This idea came from a Health and Physical Education Department trip

to Cheshire High School.

Cheshire High School has already taken the first step of changing the way people think and cope with mental illness by creating a wellness room next to their Guidance Department. This room is for students to go to if they feel they need a safe space to relax or speak to a counselor. Like Cheshire, Coginchaug hopes that this room will help students during the day and promote more teens to speak up and seek help if they need it.

The high school addresses mental health in senior health, but this may be too late to begin students’ education on the topic.

Over the duration of the senior health classes, students learn about mental health through hands-on activities and speakers coming in to talk about stopping the stigma.

Seniors for the first time this year also participated

in a competition for the Institute of Living about mental health. For this project one student said, “We were able to come up with multimedia projects to raise awareness for one or many mental health conditions. The students who participated will also be going to the Brain Dance Awards at Hartford Hospital in April to be recognized for their entries. This project and the speakers are a great effort by the school to increase awareness and help decrease stigma.”

Rewriting the curriculum within the district is the first step of many to combat mental health stigma in this small community.

The teachers and counselors hopes are like Mrs. Bottini’s which is to, “bridge the gap between the student and the school so that [students with mental health illnesses] can be successful.”

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Exploring Alternative Routes after Graduation

By Shannon Carey

Defying most misconceptions people have, alternative routes other than four-year college can lead to a successful life. Although college is important, it is not the only step to creating a life for yourself. This year, approximately 33 percent of Coginchaug students are embarking on alternative options other than four-year college. Coginchaug offers an ample amount of college nights, guidance meetings about the students’ future, and military recruiters visits; however, recently, Coginchaug has offered a course called “Career Exploration,” which allows students to find job shadows and sometimes internships, allowing students to explore a wider range of what they are interested in and helps set them up for a future outside of high school. This course focuses on the work field instead of just college planning. Although Coginchaug Regional High School allows their students to find alternative options, still the majority have a lack of education on different pathways and programs. These featured current seniors have explored their options including a gap year, the military, and heading directly into the workforce.

The United States Military The Few, The Proud: Darin Bullock Darin Bullock, senior at Coginchaug Regional High School, has decided to fight for our country right out of high school by becoming a United States Marine.

Darin decided he wanted to become a Marine at age five, wanting to give back to his country that “has

been amazing to [him and his] family.” Darin currently has two cousins in the Army, his Grandfather’s served in Korea and Vietnam, his great uncles served in the Navy during WWII, and his great grandfather was involved in WWI. Darin has full support from his parents.

The Marine Corps has the hardest boot camp being 13 weeks.

The Marine Corps is the smallest branch of the military and is the most selective. Each Marine is a rifleman first and must qualify with their rifle annually. Darin found the Marine Corps fitting for these reasons, and he looks forward to the “comradery” that

Marines have.

Although Darin doesn’t know his MOS (military occupational speciality), he has three in his contact which are security forces, combat support, and infantry. Security forces protects a US embassy.

Combat support is either low altitude defense, being part of a tank crew, or shooting artillery. Infantry is front lines fighting and “knocking down doors.”

The military offers Darin education assistance with the Post 9/11 GI Bill, housing allowance, and extra money for books “as well as being instilled with discipline and order, which is an invaluable trait.”

Darin joined up Aug.14, 2018 and ships to boot camp July 22, 2019.

Trevor Smith: Loadmaster in the Making

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Trevor Smith, senior at Coginchaug Regional High School, joined the Air Force in early August.

Trevor’s family is rooted in the military, as both his parents were part of the Army, and his brother is currently in the Air Force.

Trevor scored high on the ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) with a 70, which qualified him for all the jobs he wanted.

A future airman, Trevor took his first step in his career, deciding to become a loadmaster, likely on a C-130. A loadmaster is

an aircrew member who has the responsibility of loading, transporting, and

unloading aerial cargo.

Trevor ships out to basic on Sept. 3, 2019.

Trevor’s father Troy Smith (pictured above with Trevor) was featured in our November Veterans Newsmagazine.

“The military helps people get structure and exposes you to a lot of different people and ways of life,” Troy explained. “It also helps people get used to a schedule as well as learning how to adapt to your surroundings.”

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Gap Year: Kylie Poggio Sails into Her Future Kylie Poggio, senior at Coginchaug, is taking an alternative route after high school by taking a 90-day sail trip from Darwin, Australia to Cape Town, South Africa.

Going to college for Kylie has always been “questionable,” as she saw it as a delay instead of getting right to what she wants to do in life. Kylie considers herself a hands-on learner, hence another reason she found college wouldn’t be suitable. Kylie has had full support from her parents, as they encouraged her not to go to college unless she has a specific interest she wanted to pursue.

Kylie is taking this alternative route through Sea Master. According to Kylie, Sea Master is perfect for someone who is interested in “marine biology and boat science, who needs

capitalized interest in further education.” Sea Master offers Kylie 12 college credits that are transferable to a wide range of colleges. During this trip, Kylie will be certified in scuba diving, her captain’s license, and her skipper’s license (international crew license). Kylie will have finals and tests like any other college; however, it will be more hands on. Sea Master is open to anyone with any skill level, as the main focus of Sea Master is to “develop a seaman” and make the most out of the experience.

Kylie found this program through her captain at Go Beyond, which is a high school community service summer program which takes students on journeys all over the world. Kylie’s Go Beyond Captain recommended the program

Zachary Mitchell: Joining the Workforce Zach Mitchell, senior at Coginchaug, plans to join the workforce right out of high school. Zach landed himself a position working for telecommunication with All Points Technology in Killingworth.

Zach’s job entails “red-line drafting, which is correcting mistakes on cell tower plans.” All Points offers Zach a decent living wage and opportunities to explore different parts of the country.

Although Zach didn’t always know he was going to join the workforce out of high school, he wanted time for himself, to save money, and to explore his interest in “a temporary commitment.”

Zach has decided that

because the captain did it herself. To Kylie, this program was perfect with hands-on experience in a field of interest, a valuable experience and certifications, and it is affordable.

Kylie starts her new adventure early September, returning mid-December.

Like any new chapter, Kylie is “scared to be away from friends and family for that long but so incredibly excited.”

Kylie plans to pursue a bachelors in science after her alternative route. Although she doesn’t know which college she will go to, she got into all of her top schools. Kylie wants to be a captain for an ocean conservation team, eventually joining a research team.

“Not going into college after high school is a beautiful way to enter yourself into the real world and truly find your interests,” Poggio said.

“I really hope it grounds me in what I want to do for the rest of my life.”

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after being in the workforce, he will go to college because there are options which make college affordable. Ultimately, Zach would like to pursue a career working with computers and be involved in a field with networking.

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How Effective are AP Courses? Enrollment vs. Performance

By Kimlyn Vo

Nationwide, more students continue to enroll in Advanced Placement courses for the opportunity to take college level courses in high school. Students have the potential to earn college credit which can be a distinguishing factor in the college process. The College Board is responsible for these exams, offering a total of 17 different courses nationwide with each exam costing $94.

However, how local school districts implement these courses into their school systems differs, which begs the question of what method may be the most effective.

Connecticut is overall one of the top-performing states in the country on the AP tests.

The state has implemented requirements that each board of education must be able to provide an advanced placement course program, though some states do not have AP requirements at all.

According to Governor Malloy, in recent years, the campaign to “push everyone to achieve” and to provide equal opportunities for all to be able to take these courses results in coverage of testing fees for students receiving free or reduced lunch.

Coginchaug Regional High School, located in Durham, has offered 10 AP classes for the 2018-2019 academic year and is looking to expand. Guidance Director Mrs. Beth Melillo cites the main purpose of offering these courses is to provide “challenging opportunities in high school,” similar to the college level, so students have the preparation and expectations from a course at this level. Approximately 15 percent of the Coginchaug student body takes AP courses, typically based on teacher recommendations and score prerequisites such as the SAT. If not recommended, some students may pursue these opportunities by talking with their guidance counselor, as they may be beneficial to their career interest.

Students’ success is reflected in results. In 2016, Coginchaug had 75 exam takers taking a total of 134 exams with 126 passed ex-

ams. Approximately 94% of the exams taken had been passed. To some students, these results do not seem surprising.

“Students taking AP classes generally have more motivation to learn the material,” describes senior Julia Kaliszewski, who has taken four AP courses. “They want to pass the AP exam and get college credit...I feel most students in my AP classes are qualified to take the courses because they have to be recommended.”

When asking CRHS teachers, they do feel the majority of the students are qualified to take these courses, as most are recommended from their prior year teacher.

“Generally the kids I have in AP US History either come from Western [Heritage] Honors or the UConn Western Heritage class,” states social studies teacher Mr. Craig Emmons, who has taught various US History courses over his past three years at Coginchaug. “Those kids tend to be very well prepared….very strong writers and critical thinkers… They usually have the skills necessary to succeed.”

In addition, English teacher Mrs. Michelle McClintick feels students are qualified to take her AP English Language and Composition course, as they “really want to succeed.” Students in her class must have a minimum SAT score along with a teacher recommendation.

Coginchaug requires each student to take and pay for the exam unless they prove financial need without incentives---the motivation must be intrinsic in the students.

In the neighboring district of Middletown, Middletown High School alumni Ryan Lau felt the majority of the students in his classes were qualified and “appeared to want to be there,” leading to a more “studious atmosphere.” He described the course selection processes mainly by student choice rather than teacher recommendation. Lau had the opportunity to take a total of 10 AP exams, taking seven courses at Middletown and independently studying for

three exams, entering college with all ten passed with a score of three or higher.

At another area high school, senior Ryleigh has taken seven AP courses.

She felt her peers were qualified to take the AP courses during her freshman and sophomore year but found students beginning to slack in the upper grades, taking the courses mainly for “how good [the classes] look for colleges.” Similar to other schools, she has seen more students beginning to care less about their classes as they get older. At her school, students are selected based on recommendation from prior teachers, but students are still able to request to take the class through Guidance.

Mihir Gowda, a senior at Rocky Hill High School, has taken a total of 12 AP courses over his four years of high school. He describes that the qualification of students varies from class to class but generally students are ambivalent. “Most people who struggle avoid it out of fear,” he says.

Ryleigh’s classmates, as well as Rocky Hill students, get into AP courses strongly based on teacher recommendations but require students to pay for examinations and do not offer incentives to pass the tests, which is similar to Coginchaug.

However, students at another local high school say otherwise. Seniors Jack and Alissa do not think all students are qualified to take AP courses. Both students have each taken six APs. “The majority of the students in my school are not qualified to take the courses due to little effort,” stated Jack. Little work includes “not doing the assignment, always asking others for the work, little studying,” all resulting in poor exam results. Alissa describes these courses as being “a normality where kids take them to look good for college appli-

cations” but do not apply themselves.

AP courses becoming a normality is what the state intends to do, but the lack of qualified students being enrolled diminishes the privilege of being in a class at this level, which Jack partially attributes to the lack of recommendations for these courses.

Jack and Alissa’s high school is part of an underperforming school district academically, trying to improve their results. The board of education pays for each student to take the exam overall in efforts to increase enrollment in the courses. Some students do feel this influences the amount of unqualified students in classes.

“Teachers prepare us for the exam to the best of their ability, but students don’t want to put in the work,” commented Jack.

One student commented on hearing a teacher say it’s more a push for students to take as many classes as possible and would consider about 50 percent of students appropriately placed in their AP class.

One reason schools may be increasing enrollment may be due to trying to make the top list of schools for offering these courses--benefiting the school’s public image.

Some of these lists rely solely on quantity, disregarding the quality of the program or student performance on the AP tests.

The College Board released the statistics for each test they administered in 2016, including the SAT and PSAT. Based on these statistics, these interviewed students

are not surprised overall about the statistic of their school and believe these statistics are accurate representations of what they see in their classes.

“There is definitely that mix of people who don’t care as much and struggle with content to go along with a [knowledgeable] crowd,” stated Gowda, agreeing with the statistic from his school.

Other factors that must be considered are differences in demographics and the makeup of these schools. Enrollment for each high school is approximately as follows: Coginchaug 556 students, Middletown 1,202 students, Lyman Hall 1,073 students, Rocky Hill 702 students, and Maloney 1,177 students.

The general makeup of these schools varies: Coginchaug is a small, predominantly white, rural school; Middletown is a large, diverse school located in a small urban area; Rocky Hill is a moderately white school in a suburban area; Lyman Hall and Maloney are large schools in suburban areas with LH being moderately white and Maloney very diverse.

Emmons has previously taught in urban and suburban districts, including a year out of state. He has observed many similarities and differences between the settings. Teaching in the more urban district, Emmons taught students who face different challenges than students would typically face at Coginchaug, including issues of violence within the communities, gangs, and

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On Tuesday, residents in Both towns will also be both towns approved Reelecting Board of Education gional School District members. Durham-Middle13’s budget for field Interlocal Agreement $36,819,319 and capital imAdvisory Board positions are provement plan for $6.9 million.

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DURHAM Durham’s annual budget meeting is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. at the Julian B. Thayer Auditorium at Coginchaug Regional High School, 135 Pickett Lane.

The budget, presented in April, calls for $7,335,884 in general government expenses, a $323,330 increase from current year. With $2,038,411 in “less state and local revenue,” the net town budget comes to $5,297,473.

The total represents $6,023,892 for operations, roughly $500,000 to replenish the reserve fund and about $760,000 in capital funds. Capital and reserve funding together increased about 27 percent, or $266,896. This year the town is responsible for about $20 million in education costs to Region 13.

During the meeting, residents are able to reduce the budget if a motion is made, seconded and approved by majority vote of those present. There is no limit to how much can be cut, although no items can be added to the budget at that time and nothing can be reallocated, according to Town Clerk Kimberly Garvis.

Residents will be asked to adopt this budget, as well as a five-year Local Capital Improvement Plan.

The meeting agenda also includes appointing members to Regional School District 13’s Board of Education. Philip Augur and Victor Friedrich’s terms are ending in June, and both plan to run for re-election. Augur has served one term and Fredrich two.

As one of the longest serving board members at this time, Friedrich said his historical knowledge is a benefit to the board.

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With the budget approved, Moore said he’s looking forward to having the board start on the capital improvement projects, which will be spearheaded by the board’s newly-formed building committee.

Moore said the low turnout of voters wasn’t very surprising. “I think if we had proposed an increase it would have had been more,” he said.

Moore said this year’s budget was a unique process considering the balancing of state reductions in the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) Grant and unique savings found in declining enrollment and renegotiation of health care benefits.

Moore said this approved budget is about a $1 million reduction compared to the gross budget five years ago.

“I think that’s one of the highest accomplishments of this administration,” he said.

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Farming opportunity Gastler Farm is looking for local volunteers to work 3hour weekly shifts with farmer Tim Gastler on his 5acre vegetable/flower farm at 159 Middlefield Road in Durham.

Members of the support-thefarm team can reap benefits from their labors by learning about organic horticultural farming and sharing in the bounty of fresh, local produce.

For more information, or to volunteer, contact Tim Gastler at 860-349-1515, or Anne Cassady at 860-3498594.

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MOM won’t tell you what she REALLY wants for Mother’s Day

Privacy and acres for my family and horses.

33 Weathervane, $795,000 MLS 170145447

Charm of antique and farmhouse with open floor plan.

35 Maiden Lane, $499,000 MLS 170186660

A great room where everyone can live a little.

427 Powder Hill, $499,000 MLS 170168499

Charming antique with rentable carriage house for income.

153 Main St, $389,900 MLS 170114761

Big, beautiful home with breathtaking views.

55 Hellgate, $425,000 MLS 170167756

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74R Green, $399,000 MLS 170168740

Post & Beam with an open floor plan.

649 Haddam Quarter, $496,000 MLS 170165252

Well priced, charming, updated and convenient to everything.

133 Maple, $275,000 MLS 170181746

Charming Colonial centrally located in Middlefield.

379 Main St, $275,000 MLS 170187971

Great outdoor living with gunite pool, fireplace & level backyard.

33 Pent, $379,000 MLS 170190580

Just the right size with big ticket items updated.

12 Woodland Heights, $249,800 MLS 170185658

STAYCATION - Inground pool, media room, bar & quiet cul-de-sac.

21 Laurelbrook, $429,000 MLS 170169907

For our Mother Business Owners, we have some great commercial rental space in Middlefield to be close to home: 289 sq ft $400 ~ 1000 sq ft $1000 ~ 2000 sq ft $1800

Tireless and with a smile, Mom works 24/7. She takes care of everyone and asks so little in return.

Call us. Together we can find just the thing to make every day, Mother’s Day!

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