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2 • THE WEBSTER TIMES • Friday, February 27, 2009 www.webstertimes.net District to address dropout rate BY PATRICK SKAHILL TIMES STAFF WRITER DUDLEY — The owners of Oxford-based Greenpath Transcripts, Amy Resnick and Jason Howard, are focused on service. During the day, they transcribe audio and video for an impressive number of clients, including notable authors Kathleen Adams, Dr. David Van Nuys and Marsha Scarbrough. “We understand our clients’ need for translating the spoken word to the written word,” said Howard. “Much of our work comes from capturing interviews, lectures, book projects, oral histories, focus groups, and dissertations.” Because both Resnick and Howard feel it’s important to give back to their community, they looked on Craig’s list and found a posted plea for volunteers at the Community Cat Connection (CCC). So on the weekends, you can find these two small business partners cuddling the cats at the 40 West Main Street WEBSTER — Officials earlier this month told School Committee members they are continuing work aimed at combating a 20.8-percent dropout rate at Bartlett Jr./Sr. High School — an announcement following state reports chronicling rising dropout rates throughout Worcester County. According to Principal Michael Hackenson, Bartlett reported a 72.7-percent graduation rate for the 2007-2008 school year. This number, however, does not account for a fifth year typically factored into the data, which includes students held back and those obtaining GEDs. Such numbers presumably will boost the graduation rate by several percentage points, school officials said. Hackenson did not pull punches as he explained the numbers to School Committee members Tuesday, Feb. 10, saying the district needs to “look at our own resources and think how we can better teach those kids” who are not obtaining diplomas. “Those [dropout] numbers are real,” Hackenson said. “We were able to download from the DOE [Department of Education] every single one of those kids to find out where they went and why.” Some students leave to enter the work force, he said, while others get out of school due to early pregnancies or run-ins with the law. Many, however, just leave because they lose interest. This cohort of students usually departs during or after their junior year and Hackenson said staffers at Bartlett are working hard to increase retention rates in this subgroup. One program, “Virtual High School,” should help boost retention rates, he said. Virtual High School is expected to launch during the 2009-2010 school year and will include more than 100 courses — all of which will go toward credits at Bartlett. According to Superintendent Gregory Ciardi, everything from Caribbean Art History to business and personal law, advanced placement courses and foreign languages will be offered. “We’re excited about this and we think it may be an opportunity for kids who are on the edge and thinking, ‘Is there anything at that school for me?’” Ciardi said. School Committee members raised concerns as to whether or not poor performance on the MCAS was the tipping point for these “on the edge” students, but Hackenson said many of the students dropping out had passed the state-mandated test. Ciardi said this brought administrators’ thoughts back around to how grading was being done at the school and said teachers at Bartlett need to re-examine how to strike the appropriate balance between “too easy” and “too tough.” “Somewhere between those two extremes is the right balance point and I think that the faculty at that high school needs to have that conversation,” he said. “Because if the balance point now is at a point where 20 percent of the students feel that they are in a hole that is too deep and they can’t get out of it, then a conversation has to take place about what we can do to support those kids who haven’t figured it out yet that, ‘I’ve got to [graduate] — and not every kid figures that out at the same time.” School Committee member Martina Gorski- Strong agreed, saying the school must also make an effort to form positive adult connections with at-risk students — connection which will hopefully bind them more strongly to the school and see them through until graduation. Chairman Michael Makara echoed this sentiment and expressed his hopes that the Virtual High School, alongside possible night classes Putting action into service You deserve some credit. cat shelter in Webster. They work hard to make sure cages provide a comfortable temporary shelter for cats abandoned in foreclosed homes. “It’s harder than ever to find people to volunteer,” said Dorothy Millhofer, CCC volunteer coordinator. “These kind souls are the heart of our all-volunteer shelter.” With the help of Oxford Animal Control, CCC recently rescued two abandoned cats from a Norwood Court foreclosed home. “These two cats were waiting on the stoop for their family to return and feed them,” said Millhofer. “It was heartbreaking to think that the owners just left them behind … We particularly need responsible volunteers to help clean the cages on Saturday morning and to fill-in when regular volunteers are sick or one vacation.” For those interested in helping both Offer may be withdrawn at any time and requires a personal checking account with a minimum opening deposit of $50 or $500, depending upon account selection. Annual Percentage Rate (APR) effective as of 02/23/09. 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In other business, officials commended the staff at Park Avenue Elementary School for their quick response to a power outage earlier this month. The outage, which occurred during the afternoon hours of Wednesday, Feb. 4, was caused by damage to an underground cable. School officials contacted National Grid about the problem and ultimately deployed an outside contractor to replace the damaged line the following day. Students were back in school by Friday of the same week. Assistant to the Superintendent for Business Ted Avlas praised building staffers for their quick response to the situation saying, “What could have been an extended interruption of education was handled in less than 36 hours, which I thought was amazing.” Avlas said he expects costs for the work to be “significant,” but covered by insurance. The district will, however, have to shell out for a $2,500 deductible. Rather than push the make up day to the end of the year, Ciardi said students will go to class Friday, March 20, a date previously scheduled for professional development. School officials earlier this month also graciously accepted a generous $10,000 donation from local benefactor Marilyn Fels. Much like an identical gift given to the Dudley-Charlton Regional School District, Fels said the $10,000 could be used for arts, music and athletics at the school. Principals will submit proposals for use of the money in coming weeks. Resnick and Howard on Saturday morning, please call 774-545-0122 or fill out the volunteer application online at www.ccatconnect.org/volunteerapp.html. - Submitted on behalf of the Board of the Community Cat Connection 4.99 % APR 7-Year Term www.NewAllianceBank.com NAB253_A_0222 Courtesy photo Resnick and Howard hold kitties Sally and Brady. 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Town Clerk (949-8004) Monday-Thursday . . . . .8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday nights . . . . . . . . . . .5 to 7 p.m. Fridays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 a.m. to 1 p.m. DUDLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT (943-4411) Staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week DUDLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT (949-8040) Monday-Sunday . . . . . . .6 a.m. to 6 p.m. OXFORD OXFORD TOWN HALL (508) 987-6027 Board of Selectmen Monday-Friday . . . . .9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Town Clerk (987-6032) Monday-Friday . . . . .9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. OXFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT (987-0156) For emergencies, call 911 OXFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT (987-6012) Monday-Friday . . . . . . .8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. WEBSTER WEBSTER TOWN HALL (508) 943-3800 Office Hours: Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday . . . . . .8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. WEBSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT (943- 1212) For emergencies, call 911 WEBSTER FIRE DEPARTMENT (949-3875) Monday-Friday . . . . . . . . .8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 a.m. to 12 p.m. THE STATS THE PERCENTAGE OF OWNER-OCCU- PIED HOUSING UNITS BY TOWN Auburn.............................................. 79.4 Brimfield.............................................78.4 Brookfield.......................................... 74.7 Charlton............................................. 78.3 Douglas ...............................................78.2 Dudley................................................ 67.8 Holland................................................58.8 Leicester ............................................ 73.5 Northbridge........................................64.9 Oxford .................................................72.7 Southbridge........................................42.4 Spencer ...............................................58.0 Sturbridge ..........................................71.4 Uxbridge .............................................76.2 Wales ...................................................70.5 Webster ............................................ 49.5 * Information as of 2000 U.S. Census SUNRISE/SUNSET Saturday, Feb. 28 .........6:25 a.m........5:37 p.m. Sunday, March 1 .........6:23 a.m........5:39 p.m. Monday, March 2 ........6:21 a.m........5:40 p.m. Tuesday, March 3 .......6:20 a.m........5:41 p.m. Wednesday, March 4...6:18 a.m........5:42 p.m. Thursday, March 5......6:17 a.m........5:43 p.m. Friday, March 6...........6:15 a.m........5:45 p.m. DID YOU KNOW? 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www.webstertimes.net Friday, February 27, 2009 Sheriff’s office aims to ‘go green’ with wind turbine • THE WEBSTER TIMES • 3 BY TERESA A. FRANCO NEWS STAFF WRITER Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part interview with Worcester County Sheriff Guy Glodis. Check out next week’s Auburn News for the conclusion. Worcester County Sheriff Guy Glodis has been in the political arena THE for 14 years, but he is only 40 years old as of WEBSTER Wednesday, Feb. 25. Glodis, a longtime TIMES Auburn resident, is celebrating his birthday with a INTERVIEW party Wednesday at the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts in Worcester. Many officials will be in attendance at the celebration, including U.S. Congressmen James P. McGovern, Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. and Central Mass. AFL-CIO President Joseph Carlson. Glodis has devoted a substantial amount of time as sheriff to improving communities. He has saved towns and cities tremendous amounts of money by increasing the productivity of the community service programs, where inmates go out into the towns and perform community service projects. The program has completed projects such as painting for Auburn schools, construction of the Blackstone Town Hall, painting the Leicester Town Hall, work for Camp Laurelwood in Spencer, construction of the Charlton Historical Museum, floor tiling at Southbridge High School and construction and painting for the Clara Barton Center in Oxford. Glodis’ latest project is installing a wind turbine at the jail in West Boylston, which is aiming to save the jail and surrounding towns money. Recently, the Auburn News sat down with Glodis to talk about the projects he has underway and about his career — and turning 40. Are you expecting a big turnout for your party? “Yeah, actually I’m going be 40 years old. To me, the milestone Wednesday night isn’t that I’m turning 40, it’s that I’ve been in the business for 14 years. It’s incredible because I got elected into the house in my mid-20s and then to the Senate. So, that’s really gone by fast. I really, really enjoy the job, it’s a fun job. It’s one of the few jobs you get paid to help people, that’s what I enjoy about it the most. Running a jail is a very, very challenging job. You don’t come to work and get a lot of good news. In the Senate it was all about good news. You’re opening up schools, opening up libraries, you’re finding housing for people, health care –– it’s all good news. In the jail, it’s a lot of negative. That took a lot of getting used to from really dealing with a lot of good news consistently to trying to correct a lot of bad news … But I enjoy it, I like it and I like a BY RYAN GRANNAN-DOLL STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITER Two area lawmakers have several interesting bills up their sleeves for this legislative session. Both state Sen. Stephen Brewer, D-Barre, and his colleague, state Rep. Geraldo Alicea, D- Charlton, have filed several bills this year as part of their legislative agenda. Most of the bills focus on public safety, improving the economic situation and several other initiatives. Two of Brewer’s bills are aimed at personal safety. One would modify the missing persons reporting system and was filed on behalf of the family of Molly Bish, according to a press release from the senator. The 16-year-old lifeguard was kidnapped and killed in 2000 while working at Comins Pond in Warren. Another of Brewer’s bills would require minors swimming at a state or town run camp to wear a floatation device. It would also require docks that extend beyond the swimming area to be enclosed. That bill, according to Brewer’s Senate office, was filed on behalf of the family of 4-year-old Christian Frechette, who drowned in 2007 while playing at a townrun camp on Cedar Lake in Sturbridge. Brewer said he is personally familiar with the issue because his brother, Max, drowned when he was just four years old at a Charlton pond. “If you save the life of a child, you save the world,” he said, quoting Magi Bish. Alicea, who represents a precinct in Oxford, is an advocate for Teresa A. Franco photo Worcester County Sheriff Guy Glodis in his office Thursday, Feb. 19. Glodis will celebrate his 40th birthday Wednesday, Feb. 25. challenge. I think at my age I should be challenged and I should be motivated and I’m both in this job.” We understand the Worcester County Jail has been doing many things to become more economically friendly. minors and senior citizens, and is keeping the focus on those topics this year, but is also filing bills to help deal with the brutal economy. One of the initiatives Alicea said he is sponsoring would address housing prices in an effort to make finding a home more affordable. “We need to make it more affordable for families to purchase a home,” he said. Another bill Alicea said he filed would protect consumers from predatory auto lenders who pledge to pay part of an owner’s bill, but the owner’s soon see their share increase. A Southbridge woman, he said, fell victim to the scam. “Some owners are not really aware [of this],” he said. Minors are also on his list of people to protect. He filed a bill to protect minors from teachers or other authority figures from seducing them into a sexual relationship. “There is a lot of interest [in the bill],” he said. Newspapers and taxpayers might be interested in another of Brewer’s bills — one that could strengthen the state’s Open Meeting Law. The current version of the law requires meetings of public bodies to be held in open session, but there are eight exceptions allowing Free Estimates 508-347-2305 Closets Home Offices Garages “We’ve gone through a little bit of a metamorphism, change in our mission at the jail. Our original –– and it still is our main mission –– is the care, control, custody and the rehabilitation of inmates. That is has basically been our foundation and that’s our core mission. When I became sheriff, however, I put an additional mission of being more community orientated. We wanted to be a good community partner. We teamed up with a lot of police departments to help find grants –– we’ve got a mobile command vehicle that police and fire departments use throughout Worcester County. We have a senior triad program where we go into different council on aging [senior centers] and offer them free resources and free assistance and free help. And that was our mission three or four years ago. However, in the last six months with the real severe meltdown in our economy, our newest mission –– and we still have all of the above –– but now our other mission is to save money –– to save money for taxpayers. We’ve done that in different ways. One, we’ve had an energy audit at the jail. Two, we became more competitive with our bidding process to save money for taxpayers. Three, we’ve restructured the jail, eliminating different dual management positions and actually reducing our staff two months ago. The fourth thing we’ve done is expanded our community service programs. Where inmates go out into the towns like Spencer, Auburn and Southbridge and they perform community service projects in schools, non profits, little leagues, fire stations, police stations, beautification, restoration projects that has literally saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in local budgets and that’s something we’re very proud of. And the last thing we’ve done more recently is we’ve obtained a grant to put up a wind turbine at the jail.” How much progress has been made on the wind turbine project? “We just installed the 165-foot test tower on the grounds of the facility, which will basically gauge the wind speed, direction and turbulence of the air. But we’ve been told that this West Boylston facility would be a great host site for a wind turbine because it’s at an elevated level. So, what we plan on doing is having a wind turbine that’s expected to produce 5.2 million kilowatts of electricity per year. That will be enough to cover all our electricity and utility costs at the jail, saving taxpayers about $750,000 a year. What we then intend to do, two years from now, is take it another step and install two more wind turbines to have a total of three. We’re planning on having a mini wind farm at the jail, not only to save electrical costs at the jail and our taxpayers, but more importantly to resell surplus electricity to neighboring host communities at retail value. Which, again, are ways we are trying now in our economic downturn on thinking not only how we can be a good community partner, but how can we save money in this cash-strapped time. And we’ve done it with restructuring, we’ve done with lowering our workers’ comp costs, we’ve done it with our community service programs and now we’re doing it up here with our wind turbine to greatly reduce and save $750,000 in electricity, and in the foreseeable future, to be able to sell that electricity back at wholesale costs. That’s our plan, at least. When I became sheriff, I was really committed to reinventing the image of the sheriff ’s office. It was really looked at as an antiquated, county jail and I wanted to reinvent it to a more proactive, modern, public agency committed to fighting crime, rehabilitating inmates and providing community services for the towns and cities of Worcester County. And I think we’ve had a lot of success in that. We’ve had several awards last year for innovation. For the first time in the history of the Worcester County Sheriff ’s Office we became accredited by the American Accreditation Association, which is a huge milestone. That means we have to meet certain standards in our day-to-day policies with the jail. We’ve been able to really, I think, bring a lot of progress to a jail that a lot of people thought five years ago wasn’t plausible to be accredited or to be a modern jail or to be a proactive community servant.” Check back next week for part two of our interview with Worcester County Sheriff Guy Glodis. Teresa A. Franco may be reached at 508-909- 4136 or e-mail her at tfranco@stonebridgepress.com. Lawmakers aim to take initiative in ’09 ALICEA, BREWER WORKING ON BILLS matters to be discussed in executive session. The bill would create a new office within the Attorney General’s office that would investigate complaints. The local county District Attorney offices currently carry out the investigations. The bill would also require officials to allow the public to view e-mails and any communications involving a quorum of members. “Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” he said. “The fourth estate is the conduit for that. We need to have an open and transparent process.” Other topics are also on their agendas, both lawmakers said. Brewer said much of the session will be spent on dealing with the state’s budget crisis. Alicea and Brewer each said they want to focus on reforming the pension system for state employees. Alicea stressed the necessity of that effort. “A large portion of our budget goes to pension pay,” he said, adding some people who get them “probably have not worked for a long period of time.” Noting the slog it sometimes takes to push bills through, Brewer said he won’t give up. “We fight for the things we believe in,” he said. ACCURACY WATCH: The Webster Times is committed to accuracy in all its news reports. Although numerous safeguards are in place to ensure accurate reporting, mistakes can occur. Confirmed fact errors will be corrected in a timely manner on page A3. We cannot run corrections based upon differences of opinion or unconfirmable facts. We will, however, print letters to the editor from area residents who wish to add their comments to our news coverage. If you find a mistake, please call (508) 764-4325. During non-business hours, leave a message in the editor’s voicemail box. CORRECTION In an article entitled, “The biggest stages, the best of breed,” The Webster Times incorrectly stated in a photo caption that Ch. Tamedale Orinoco won best of show. The caption should have read “best of breed.” Also, Ch. Fenway Fan’s age should have read 22 months old, not 22 years. We sincerely apologize for the errors. PUBLIC MEETINGS Editor’s Note: Meetings as listed are retrieved in advance from multiple sources, including Town Hall and the Internet. The Webster TImes is not responsible for changes and cancellations. DUDLEY Monday, March 2 The Bay Path School Committee will meet at 7 p.m. at Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School, 57 Old Muggett Rd., Charlton in the Board Room. The Dudley Conservation Land Trust meets on every third Tuesday in room 210 of the Dudley Municipal Building, 71 W. Main St., Dudley at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Mar. 25 The public hearing for the 2010 fiscal budget will take place at Shepherd Hill Regional High School, 68 Dudley-Oxford Rd., Dudley, at 7 p.m. The regular meeting will follow with the final vote for the fiscal year’s budget taking place. WEBSTER Monday, March 2 The Bay Path School Committee will meet at 7 p.m. at Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School, 57 Old Muggett Rd., Charlton in the Board Room. Wednesday, Mar. 4 The Building Sub Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. in Conference Room 151, Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School, 57 Old Muggett Rd., Charlton. OXFORD Monday, Mar. 2 The Bay Path School Committee will meet at 7 p.m. in the Board Room at Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School, 57 Old Muggett Rd., Charlton. The Budget Sub Committee Meeting is at 6:30 p.m. in the Bored Room at Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School, 57 Old Muggett Rd., Charlton. The Bored of Health Meeting is taking place at 5:00 p.m. in Memorial Hall, 350 Main St., Webster. Wednesday, Mar. 4 The Conservation Commission Public Hearing will take place at 7:15 p.m. at the Oxford Town Hall, 325 Main St., Oxford. Wednesday, Mar. 11 The public hearing for the 2010 fiscal year budget will be at the Hilltop Restaurant, Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School, 57 Old Muggett Rd., Charlton at 6:00 p.m. FREE DEIVERY (5 MI.) NOW SERVING SOUP NEW CHICKEN WINGS NEW DESSERTS 23 Brandon Road. Dudley 508.461.7446 “Wanted Dead or Alive” CASH PAID FOR COMPLETE JUNK VEHICLES 64 BATES AUTO PARTS LINE HOUSE ROAD THOMPSON, CONN TOLL FREE 866-935-9932 New & Used Parts MON-FRI 8-5 SAT 8-3 Recycling Since 1938 www.batesautoparts.com
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