LYME-OLD LYME–The Region 18 Board of Education candidates, many of them parents of current students, started Wednesday evening’s candidates’ forum by agreeing Lyme-Old Lyme (LOL) Schools offer an outstanding education. The companionable exchange of ideas at the Lymes’ Youth Service Bureau (LYSB) “Meet the Candidates” event continued with broad consensus on numerous … [Read more...] about TOP STORY: Focus on Kids and Community—Not Politics—Dominates Region 18 Candidates’ Friendly Forum
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TOP STORY: From Lunch Table to Farm: Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Get Behind Expanded Food Recycling Effort
LYME/OLD LYME–For three years, a local farmer has been teaching elementary school students in Lyme how to transform lunch leftovers into plant food. This year, she’ll be expanding her composting program across the Region 18 school district. Baylee Drown, co-owner of Long Table Farm in Lyme, doesn't want the kids from Lyme Consolidated School to have to return to … [Read more...] about TOP STORY: From Lunch Table to Farm: Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Get Behind Expanded Food Recycling Effort
TOP STORY-UPDATED: Ninety-Six ‘Beginner-Level Adults’ From Lyme-Old Lyme High School Begin the Rest of Their Lives
OLD LYME–UPDATED—MANY NEW PHOTOS ADDED. At Lyme-Old Lyme High School's 52nd Annual Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, 96 “beginner level adults” were prepared to be unleashed on the world. Class valedictorian Simon Karpinski directed his speech toward the parents arrayed in hundreds of folding chairs in front of a dais filled with Region 18 District dignitaries. He … [Read more...] about TOP STORY-UPDATED: Ninety-Six ‘Beginner-Level Adults’ From Lyme-Old Lyme High School Begin the Rest of Their Lives
Renovation Project Spurs Summer-Long Closures at Several Old Lyme Schools
LYME-OLD LYME—Region 18 Superintendent of Schools Ian Neviaser today announced the renovation project affecting four of the district’s five schools will result in widespread closures for two months this summer. In a letter to parents, Neviaser said Center School, Mile Creek School and Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School will be closed and inaccessible from June 23 to August … [Read more...] about Renovation Project Spurs Summer-Long Closures at Several Old Lyme Schools