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Volume 20, Number 15

Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall

Makeover on tap for Central Office

www.TownTimes.com

Friday, September 4, 2015

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By Mark Dionne Town Times

District 13’s Central Office will get a redesign and upgrade starting in October and ending over the December break, according to plans discussed at the Wednesday, Aug. 26 Board of Education meeting. The redesign will shift offices, replace the carpeting, remove counter workspaces, replace furniture, and extend partitions at work stations for a total projected cost of $49,719. Superintendent of Schools See Makeover / Page 2

Middlefield begins job study By Mark Dionne Town Times

A consultant hired by the town of Middlefield to review the job descriptions of town employees has started work, according to First Selectman Jon Brayshaw. The study, being conducted by Randi Frank of Randi Frank Consulting of Wallingford, was initially going to include a salary comparison between employees of Middlefield and similar towns but that part of the study was See Study / Page 4

Local students return to the classroom On Thursday, Aug. 27, 1,718 students in District 13 returned to school for the 2015-2016 school year. At John Lyman Elementary School, parents, teachers, staff, and principal Tom Ford waited outside to greet the new and returning students. – Mark Dionne Top: After getting dropped off by the bus, students in Sharon Berndt’s kindergarten class gather around her before entering their new school. Right: Wearing his Giants jersey for the first day of kindergarten, Jacob Clark of Durham meets Lyman reading teacher Christine Davis, a big-time Giants fan. | Photos by Mark Dionne / Town Times


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