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Aid available to those affected by shutdown By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

Donna Ayer, Bread for Life executive director, wants to let federal employees know that the organization is Local social service and nonprofit available to provide lunchtime groups say they’re ready to serve meals and groceries. Helping those federal employees who aren’t receiv- in times of need, whether it’s federal ing a paycheck due to the ongoing employees or the unemployed or partial government shutdown. anyone else, is “business as usual”

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“If any corporation or business was going to be doing a job freeze or anything that would impair people or give them some difficulty, we’d be there to help them,” Ayer said. “We are here to help our neighbors if

The government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, reached 25 days Tuesday, and some 800,000 federal employees nationwide are on furlough or working without pay. See Services, A2

Veterans advocate will be honored By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

The YMCA will honor a veterans’ advocate and a local business at the group’s annual celebration of public service.

Southington High School senior Tim Robinson, 17, speaks about feeling discriminated against in school. Several students and parents shared similar experiences at a Board of Education meeting on Jan. 10. Devin Leith-Yessian, Record-Journal

Town leaders plan to hold community discussions about race and diversity By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

During the Town Council meeting on Monday night, council chairman Chris Palmieri read a statement from Town leaders plan to hold community himself and Board of Education conversations for residents, students chairman Brian Goralski condemning and parents following the posting of a the video and saying it doesn’t reprevideo on social media of a Southingsent the town. Other councilors stood ton High School student threatening as he read the statement. black classmates. Councilor Victoria Triano, a Republi-

can and council minority leader, said the council “stood together for a purpose and a reason.” She said the community conversations will give people who wouldn’t come to a town meeting “a voice.” “I think it’s incumbent upon us to See Race, A5

The SouthingtonCheshire YMCA named John DeMello, a member of the town Veterans ComDeMello mittee, as person of the year for his work on behalf of those who served in the military. The YMCA also honored Fancy Bagels for demonstrating social responsibility. Brittany Tripp, YMCA marketing director, said DeMello is able to list the names of veterans, when they served and years of service from memory. See YMCA, A4

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the town’s non-profit groups as well as SouthingSeveral federal agencies ton Community Services have been without a budget about a plan to help federal since December after talks employees and their famifell apart between lies. The possible effects of Democrats and President the shutdown on SouthingDonald Trump over ton residents are “concernTrump’s demand for $5.7 ing.” billion to build the wall he promised on the Mexican “I’m happy to report that border. all of them were already thinking about this and Ayer said she wasn’t sure if coming up with plans on anyone has used the how to assist local families,” group’s services as a result Miceli said. of the shutdown but would work to meet needs if they Janet Mellon, Southington arose. Social Services director, said her department is able “We’re encouraging people to help with energy assisto come by and give the of- tance, which could be a fice a call and we’ll work major need for those not with whatever their needs receiving a paycheck durare,” Ayer said. ing the winter. Energy asDawn Miceli, Town Council sistance is based on income for the previous four vice chairwoman, said she weeks, she said, so the loss sent messages to many of

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of a paycheck makes it more likely a person or family would qualify. Mellon said she’s also looking into other ways to help federal employees. Thus far she’s not aware of any who have used community services in town.

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“It’s something we’ve done from the very beginning,” Dominick Gualtieri said. He’s also worked with DeMello on events involving veterans. “He does a lot,” Dominick Gualtieri said. “He goes above and beyond, that’s for sure.” Also being honored are Sarah McAuliffe, Youth Leadership; Caitlin Mulligan, Youth Leadership; Karen Cavanaugh, Unified Theater; Marguerite Maddalena, Unified Sports; Sue Albert, Best Buddies; Christie, Robin and Paula, Common Good Garden; Katie Sherman, YMCA Director Of Child Development; and Kari Robarge, YMCA Early Childhood Director.

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have these community conversations,” she said. Palmieri, a Democrat, said schools’ Superintendent Tim Connellan is forming a community coalition that would meet regularly on issues of race and diversity. He also expressed confidence Southington has open and inclusive hiring practices and offers services for people of all backgrounds. “To me it’s clear we’re a community that’s inclusive of all of our residents,” he said. “I know we certainly are on the right track.” Triano and fellow Republican councilor Michael Riccio both suggested that Dorie Conlon Perugini help facilitate the community conversations. Perugini, a member of the Southington Women for Progress group, offered five proposals to the board of

education last week to increase diversity in the school district. Her group opposed the Christopher Columbus bust in front of the John Weichsel Municipal Center. Perugini suggested the school board create diverse and less “Eurocentric” curriculum, hold equity and intercultural competence training for teachers, and increase racial diversity among school staff and administration. Riccio said that residents may believe Southington is a melting pot, but that the town is in reality “basically a community of privilege.” He was glad Palmieri’s statement was read publicly and that the council stood in support. The 17-year-old in the video was charged by police in December with breach of peace. His case has been sealed due to his age.

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Youth free throw challenge Jan. 19 The Knights of Columbus Councils 15 and 25 will host their 6th annual Basketball Free Throw Challenge at Southington Catholic gymnasium on Saturday, Jan. 19, beginning with registration from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. and

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at the competition representing both Southington, and later, Connecticut. Contact Frank Castellano at 203-808-7272 or Phil Mazzatti at 203-395-4381 with any questions.

Complaints aired on racism in local schools By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

Dozens of residents, students and parents attended a Board of Education meeting Thursday night, Jan. 10, and called on school leaders to address racial discrimination and bullying. Many mentioned a video that circulated online last month in which a Southington High School student threatened black students. Parents and students, many of them minorities, said they face discrimination, includ-

ing unequal discipline to name-calling. While the video drew attention, they said it’s been an issue for years. “We have been dealing with this for years,” said Lauren Johns. She has a child in kindergarten who feels “ashamed to be brown.”

en,” he said. Brian Goralski, board chairman, said student discipline won’t be released due to state and federal privacy laws. He feels the problem is larger than the school board or district. “We appreciate, especially the students, sharing their experiences at the high school,” Goralski said.

Tim Robinson, a Southington High School student, said there’s little information “Despite not feeling heard, I on punishment. assure you, you were heard “We want to feel safe, we this evening.” want to know that disciplinary action has been takSee Complaints, A6

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Representatives from the Bristol and New Britain chapters of the NAACP were present at Thursday’s meeting.

Dorie Conlon Perugini presented five recommendations, including teacher training, increasing the racial diversity of staff and designing a diverse curriculum.

Cheryl Hilton developed the recommendations but wanted Perugini to present them since she didn’t believe the board would listen to “someone brown” like herself, she said. Hilton also questioned why the board “looks exactly the way it looks.”

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Bob Brown, a board member and former high school teacher, said speakers had brought forward “terrific ideas” and that the district can do more to address racism. Lisa Cammuso, a board member, said her immigrant parents faced discrimination and had taught her “in the eyes of God, everyone is equal.”

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Board is surprised by claims of racism By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

Complaints of racial bullying at a recent Board of Education meeting surprised and disheartened school officials, who said speakers made it clear there was work to be done on the issue. A group of residents, many

of them minorities, said during a school board meeting Jan.10 that children of color have experienced differential treatment and racism for years, including racial slurs, from white classmates. They also complained of unequal discipline and questioned the lack of diversity among

school district staff, some pointing out the board itself has no minorities. School leaders said they’d consider changes proposed by members of the Southington Women for Progress group, but defended the district’s discipline process as fair. The Jan. 10 meeting was the first since a Snapchat video circulated online last month in which a Southington High School student threatened black students. The 17-yearold student was charged with breach of peace by police. His case has been sealed due to his age. Any discipline he may have received from the school district was not released, with school officials citing state and federal confidentiality laws. Students who spoke Thursday said they were frustrated not knowing whether those who had

racially bullied them suffered any consequences. Board Chairman Brian Goralski said discipline was a complicated matter. Consequences can depend on the student, with special needs students facing different consequences for an offense than typical students. School administration also has more information about a situation through video surveillance and multiple interviews than a parent. “There’s a method that’s fair that’s used by the administration at all levels,” Goralski said. “We do the best we can with the facts and evidence before us.” A greater percentage of Southington’s minority students faced discipline in the previous school year than white students: In the previous school year, 3.8 percent of white students received at least one suspension or were

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According to state data, the district in the previous school year was 82 percent white students, 8 percent Hispanic, 4 percent mixed race, 3.5 percent Asian and 2 percent black. The number of minority students has been increasing in recent years and the number of white students declining.

Some said hiring more minorities could help, but Connellan said black and Hispanic teachers often gravitate toward districts with more minorities, leaving other school districts with predominantly white staff.

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Slope action heats up for local racers At last, it’s beginning to feel a lot like winter. The end of last week was a tale of two weather systems about 120 miles apart.

On Thursday morning we drove to Okemo for UConn’s opening race with snow falling and in the afternoon I skied at Killington in eight inches of new powder. On Friday morning it was still snowing and we had a great weekend on packed powder. Here in Connecticut, while there was no fresh snow, winter arrived and – yes! – the snowmakers went to work. The forecast is for continued cold and all Nutmeg resorts are in full operation with most trails and lifts open. Thor and Ular must be well pleased with us. With snow comes racing and with races came victories for local skiers. The action start-

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estate agent and member of Southington Women for Progress, had five proposals for the board that included training for teachers to realize their own biases, a less “Eurocentric” curriculum and an equity audit by a third party. Hilton had another group member read the proposal to the board on Thursday, saying that the board wouldn’t listen to someone “brown” like herself. She said Jan. 11 that the board’s response was “pre-

ed last Wednesday at Mount Southington when the Lady Knights finished third in team standings for the season-opening Interscholastic League race. Grace Mahmood led the Southington ladies, finishing 6th out of 71 starters. Astrid Lorenzen finished 9th followed by Faith Richert in the 10th spot. Ann Hayes scored for the Knights in 17th place while Bailey Baclaski rounded out the team standings in 30th place. Over on the boys’ course it was Nick Jacobs in 6th place leading the Blue Knights to second out of five teams in Class L. Matt Jacobs finished 9th among the 84 boys in the race with Caleb Richert in 12th followed by Andrew Jacobs in the 13th spot. From Mount Southington the racing moved to Okemo, Vermont for the opening slalom of the college season for UConn. On a gray, cold, dictable” and questioned whether anything effective would be done. Hilton said she’s been bringing up these issues to the board for years.

windy day with snow falling the UConn women were consistent, if not great. Alex Marshall finished 19th followed by Lauren Sullivan and Sidney Murner tied for 20th place out of 58 racers that finished both runs. Jillian Scherpa came in 23rd for the Huskies followed by Jacqueline Balsh in the 26th spot.

Over on the women’s World Cup circuit the Shiffrin Show marches on. She finished first in a GS at Kronplatz, Italy on Monday and now has 1394 points in the season standings. Shiff is now 496 points ahead of Vlhova.

Dolores White came in 29th for UConn followed by former Cheshire High skier Meghan Diamond in 31st place. For the GS on Friday the UConn ladies came back consistent and strong. Balsh led the girls to second in team standings, finishing 6th, followed by Scherpa in seventh, Sullivan in 10th, Marshall in 13th and Diamond finishing in the 20th spot.

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Over on the men’s course Joe Demuyt led the UConn racism experienced by students horrified him. “There’s just no excuse for that,” he said. “That shouldn’t be. Nobody should experience that.”

“Has anything meaningful been done?” she asked. “The Connellan said he was enanswer is ‘no,’ in my opincouraged by the communiion.” ty’s rejection of the video She also said “the overall posted to social media last arching theme was that (mi- month, as well as the nature of most Southington resinority students) don’t feel valued and they don’t feel dents. safe.” “We do have really, really good staff and we have good Goralski said safety was the district’s first priority and families,” he said. “That gives that leaders would develop a me hope.” plan to make students feel jbuchanan@record-journal.com heard and safe. 203-317-2230 Connellan said the stories of

sixth in the Slalom and rebounded to second in the GS. On the men’s scoreboard UConn came in 3rd in the slalom and 4th in the GS.

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team to fourth in team standings finishing 3rd in the GS. Vlad Ilies came in 17th followed by Mike White in the 18th spot. Some newcomers to the UConn roster came off the bench in the opening GS and scored for the team. Nathaniel Fanning finished 33rd in the big field followed by Roger Hueglin at number 34 and Maxwell story in 36th place. In the team scoring the UConn women finished the opening round

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of the past in upcoming editions. If you have a story from the olden days that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to share with our readers, please email the topic to us at news@thesouthingtoncitizen.com.)

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The West Street School is approaching its 259th year and stands as one of the most historic buildings in town. Perched on a hill approximately 12 feet above West Street, the building dates

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From the 18th to the mid20th century, children as young as first grade would pack inside the schoolhouseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single room. Eight windows provided daylight inside the white structure with white shutters. A pot-bellied stove kept teachers and students warm in the winter. The older children, usually seventh and eighth graders, would be in charge of fetching wood to feed the stove.

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back to 1760. The original schoolhouse at the same location was first built in 1750 but burned down, according to Record-Journal archives. The 1760 schoolhouse that replaced it is one of 34 Southington properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Children often got to school by horse, picking other students up along the way. Water was retrieved from a well outside. Toward the end of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s run in 1945, the well apparently became contaminated. Carol Edele Sheffs, a student during the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last year of operation, believed the water contamination was a factor in the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closing, according to Record-Journal archives. Sheffs was relocated to Plantsville School after the West Street schoolhouse closed. The Southington Historical Society could not confirm contaminated water was the reason for the closing, but notes from former students kept by the society include a description of the process of collecting drinking water. Students would scoop out water from the well into a pail while â&#x20AC;&#x153;avoiding frogs and other animals that might be in the water.â&#x20AC;? A majority of the notes described an enjoyable school experience. Children chroni-

cled playing outside the school, primarily football, baseball and â&#x20AC;&#x153;kick the can.â&#x20AC;? When horses went out of style as a mode of transportation, kids walked or rode their bikes. Teachers remembered the challenges of educating eight different grade levels in one classroom, where students students had to squeeze onto small benches and share double desks. Students would move to the front of the room when it was time for their scheduled class, while the rest remained in the back engaged in their studies mentored by the older classmates. One note entry described the school as â&#x20AC;&#x153;one big happy family.â&#x20AC;? Sometimes, the older students were heavily outnumbered â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one noted being the the only eighth grader in his class at one point. Even the maintenance of the school, like cleaning the floors and washing the windows, was done by the students. This continued even after the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closing, as former students and teachers formed the West Street School and Community Association. The group signed a 99-year lease for $1 in 1947 and covered upkeep costs with events, including an annual auction. The Historical Society eventually took over the building, which has undergone few changes. The only alteration has been the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s location. It was moved back on the site in a 1977 project to lower and widen West Street.

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Sheehan girls basketball ended last week at 7-1 and did so with a flourish, defeating a 6-2 Hillhouse team 47-45 in New Haven on Friday night. Down 29-18 at halftime, Sheehan charged back in the second half and overtook the Academics when Hayleigh Lagase laid in the winning bucket with 4.6 seconds left to play. Lagase, a 5-10 sophomore guard, is a staple of the starting lineup. She was averaging just shy of 7 points entering this week.

A tip of the swim cap to Coach Ed Heath’s Meriden Co-op, which won two meets last week to improve to 2-1. Julio Hernandez, a senior from Platt, led the way. Hernandez won the 200 and 500 freestyles in the 98-86 victory over East Hartford on Tuesday, then shifted to sprint mode and took the 50 free in the 97-84 triumph at Manchester on Friday. That gave Hernandez five individual wins on the season. He’s also swum on three first-place relays.

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Lyman Hall’s Kailey Lipka was poised to join the 1,000-point club on Tuesday night. The senior guard went into the home date with East Haven at 997 career points after scoring 17 on Friday night in Shelton. Lipka, who is averaging 16.25 points a game, will be Lyman Hall’s first 1,000-point girls scorer since Lindsay Karle attained the milestone in 2009-2010. Lipka is also about to break Karle’s program record for career 3-pointers (146).

Kris Jackson played one of the starring roles in a dramatic week on the home stage for the Sheehan boys basketball team. The Titans first broke a tie in the final seconds to beat Shelton 71-69 on Wednesday, then outlasted Amity in overtime 75-70 on Friday to hit the halfway point of the regular season at 7-3. Jackson, a 6-foot-3 junior forward, scored a season-high 22 points in the Shelton game and then hit for 15 against Amity.

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The Blue Knights earned their first win of the season Saturday night against Hall and their top gymnast, sophomore Natalie Reeves, led the way. Competing at home at American Gymnastics in Plantsville, Reeves scored team-highs on the vault (9.0), uneven bars (8.5) and in the floor exercise (8.3). Her top score on the floor so far is the 8.55 logged on opening night vs. Farmington. Reeves was a State Open qualifier a year ago as a freshman.

Wicox Tech snapped a three-game slide and got back on the winning track Friday night, putting up a season high for points (so far) in beating Whitney Tech 96-46. Veteran senior John Soto had a big night, scoring 22 points. Soto and the Indians were right back at it on Monday. Despite falling behind 18-7 after one quarter, they rallied to a 66-54 victory, with Soto scoring 8 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter as Wilcox put the game away.

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Mulberry Gardens of Southington, 58 Mulberry St., schedules a free support group for families and caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s disease or a related memory disorder the second Tuesday of the month, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Dementia, caregiving program Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging has scheduled a free, five-part series, “Dementia and Caregiving: Focusing on the Person While Understanding the Disease Progression,” for Thursdays, Feb. 7 through March 7, 2 to 3:30 p.m., at Mulberry Gardens of Southington, 58 Mulberry St., Plantsville.

Dementia support group A free Alzheimer’s and dementia support group is scheduled for Wednesdays, Feb. 13, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Southington Care center, 45 Meriden Ave. The discussion includes helping with daily tasks, communicating effectively, making financial decisions, managing changes in behavior and more. Seating is limited. Registration is required. for more information, call 860-6283830.

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Notice is hereby given that The Board of Assessment Appeals of the town of Southington is accepting appeals with respect to the real estate and personal property assessments on the October 1, 2018 Grand List and the motor vehicles on the 2017 supplemental list (billed in December 2018). All persons claiming to be aggrieved from the doings of the assessor must file a written application with the Board. The appeal application must be delivered to the Assessor’s Office, 75 Main Street, Southington on or before February 20, 2019 at 4:30 pm. Appeal applications are available at the assessor’s office or at the assessor’ s department web site (www.southington.org). Assessment staff will schedule an appointment for any taxpayer delivering an appeal in person. Appeals delivered through the mail or other means will be notified by the Board of the date and time of their hearing. Dated in Southington this 1Oth day of January 2019. Board of Assessment Appeals R209393 Automobiles

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