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Opdahl Resigns!
by turfgrrl
March 25th, 2008 · 319 Comments
Tags: Education · In the News · Norwalk
319 Responses so far ↓ “Opdahl Resigns!”
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The email came from Corda.
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I’ll believe it after he’s gone.
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Shame it didn’t have the names of Rillings and Moccia included.
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turfgrrl, are you tormenting us? We want details! Was there a stated reason for his leaving? Did Sal’s email tell everyone what a terrible loss (he thinks) this will be for the district? Remember that Sal probably thinks the the loss of Karen Lang is awful, too. Word is that Hugh McKiernan is also leaving. I surely hope that the BOE does its due diligence in replacing all of these individuals.
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Opdahl Resigns…..This good news has made my day! My week! My Month! Hell, my year and then some!!!
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#4 the BOE does not have to replace all of these individuals. Replace Stu with a REAL financial officer. Combine Lang and McKiernan’s position. Then use the left over money for new teachers and supplies.
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w00t, w00t
I am pleased.
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Hey sounds fine to me, can u Aunt Bertha get the message to the BoE? There are several people who are on the BoE who listen anytime someone has something to say, their e-mail addresses are on the BoE web site. I’ll send your idea to everyone if u want, but only if u want, ok?
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Do we get our money back? Shouldn’t Jody Bishop-Pull-A-Fast-One contribute to our reparations?
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I’m with #8 and #9 - but for the love of Mike, what do Rilling & Moccia have to do with the BoE. Moccia pissed Sal off big time last year. Anyway, this is wonderful news. This probably also means that George Gianetti, Stu’s boy, will be leaving and stop trying to meddle in how individual schools buy their own supplies. And it might mean that Whitsom Foods will no longer be running the food chain since the person in charge there was an Opdahl pal (or even relative I did hear).
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Hey Turf, you gave Opdahl”s Incompetence Part IV, Upon hearing of his resignation, I give REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL, PART III
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Ohh..Alas, Things will not be the same around central office anymore with Lang, and now Opdhal leaving. Here’s a video tribute to them in happier times. This is an actually day of work at Central office. See if you can guess which one is Opdahl, Corda, Karen Lang and Bruce Morris. (Clue: the time machine is really the BOE BUDGET)
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#12: “Things will not be the same around central office anymore with Lang and now Opdahl leaving.”
I know of no one (other than the superintendent) who will be sorry to say goodbye to either of them.
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#13 I said that line in purely sarcastic fashion.
My likening them to the Banana Splits in the yotube link should tell you how I really feel about Sal & Co.
A last word to Stu: “Don’t let the door smack you on the ass on your way out!” -
#14: I knew your intent because I know no one who will be sorry to see any of them leave. If only Sal would leave with them in order to give us a trifecta: King Corda, Queen Karen and the Duke of Opdahl, the entire Royal Court.
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#15 We should be so lucky…you forgot the court chester - Bruce Morris!
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here is something I saw tonight at the Rowyaton schoool during parent teachers night, Twenty hand written
etters to Mayor Moccia. Its a good thing these kids don’t vote he hasn’t got a friend in that class.They list crimes, guns unsafe streets crack dealers ect. Amzing how the kids see our streets.Shows how many years behind some of the voters are. The letters are there for all to read might be nice to simply have them published might akes some see where they have doen our kids wrong. -
#17 - I hope the letter-writing Rowayton school kids have better spelling skills than you. If you’re a parent of a Rowayton school child, please don’t bother to help them with spelling homework; you’ll screw them up irreparably.
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You must be related to Moccia, you pick on the parent and ignore the problems classic example of Norwalk on the move.
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Don’t be hard on #17. Those of us with new computers or ones that we switch hit on find that the pressure of the keys and the size of the key board sometimes throws off our typing skills. I miss a letter and often transpose letters.
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Well I am glad Opdahl resigned so did Hugh McKiernan, Karen Lang and also Iziar Mikolic the principal at Silvermine, Yes Ding Dong the witch is gone! Boy did it take her long to resign. She made so many peoples lives a living hell (including me) and after so many staff members (including me) leaving because of her (around 15-20 people in the last 3-4 years) then she decides to leave. Well she is going back to be a teacher. My question is did she really resign or since the state has been visiting the school because is a failing school did she have to resign?
Also since she is going to be a teacher is her salary going to be lower? (We have to see this because it is our tax money) Will Sal Corda allow that her salary reduction? Since he adores her and lest her get away with anything.
Well I just hope she is a better teacher than what she was a principal boy.
Rumor has o=it that she was not a good teacher and she had no classroom management.
Good luck to all her future students and parents. I would rather pay for private school than to have her as my childs teacher and have to deal with her again. -
I will be moving to Norwalk this summer and was planning on having my child attend Silvermine Elementary School next year. I have been getting some negative feedback about the teachers and administration which has caused me some concern. I would certainly like to know what is going on with the school before I decide to send my child there. Can anyone give me any input about the school?
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The best schools are in South Norwalk the children have Rowyaton schools to go to school at , the best teachers they have learned to make do and the area is awesome for a child to learn in.There are million dollar homes in Rowyaton and
area by the sea is fantastic. Out of the 22 miles of shorefront we have in Norwalk that is by far the best place for an education.Simply find a good section of South Norwalk to live in. There is the culture of Lexington ave and the feel of welcome Woodward ave , many parks and recreation areas to enjoy tennis and basketball. We have Ely ave that is adorned with culture that you simply cannot find anywhere and if your seeking a wine and liquor connaisseur there is Merritt place. -
Who would anyone of means choose to move, (to) Norwalk?
Everyone is fleeing Norwalk that is concerned about the education of their children,taxes, employnment opportunties. We generate much of our revenues from the bars and along with it a healthy violent crime rate. Move your children to Norwalk? Why? Kids dont have much of a chance in this town. Whatever is the motivation, perhaps a closer look is appropiate. -
#24 Norwalk is a great place. A lot of hard working people still live here and want the best for our children. #22 look into everthig and be present in your child’s dail education, ask questions, be at the school, and talk to your neighbors. There are some great teachers and good schools out there. Good luck.
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stabbing in South Norwalk last night , robberies are abundant around the hospital on the hill the city is not what most want to make everyone think it is safe. It would slow development in the city and make the Norwalk on the move a slow sell.
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#23 - What are you basing this on…test scores or what you hear? Many would beg to differ where a child can get the best education in Norwalk.
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I first of all #27 was being a smart ass sorry for the confusion. But after 8 kids and the oldest now going to Fairfeild prep next year the education they are getting in Rowyaton has been by far the best I could of ever asked for. I think if you want your kids to learn and you want to back them you first must work with the teachers.Lets look back we had Leslie Pattengill she was there for what 20 years.Then Sara Reily take the reins along with many top notch teachers. I guess if you look at over all numbers you can argue who has been and who is the best.I look at where my kids are ending up their work ethics their commitment to learn.I’m finding keeping them challenged is our job teaching them to learn has been theirs.
Just recently I may add I saw the board with letters to the mayor. The fourth grade class had written the mayor asking him to address the simple things in their life. The kids asked for the killings , assaults and drugs to stop, the voilence the tragedy they see on a day to day occurance living in South Norwalk.
So if the kids are in sink with the crap that happens on the street as anyone could read as we parents did for open house the other night I would say Rowyaton is doing the best that they could be doing.Its not all about acedemics its about the environment of learning the food programs the early morning mentoring the late day fostering it never ends when the bell rings does it? Never begins when the bell rings as well.
I can also say after the wife worked in two other schools the Kendall and side by side she would be another source saying Rowyaton also gave us the best shot at giving our kids a head start.
I of course can’t spell worth sh@t and can’t find sometimes the right words to express myself but I know the streets and what all the kids are going thru Roton and BM are the two other schools in the area I would also suggest as being great schools if the kids are willing to learn.
test scores mean nothing, its the teachers ,its the lesson the kids take with them I give no credit to Corda and very little to the BOE its the teachers and their committment.
yes there are other issues other thoughts but for now I can say as a parent I value Rowyaton.
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What’s up with Opdahl??? Were told that he has been as busy as an old wood lathe in overdrive scredding piles of paper and documents in his office into large plastic bags that are then being hauled out to the dumpster. He’s even hired a part timer to help scred and bag the top secret material. His office must look like it did at the American Embassy, before the fall of Saigon, when the embassy staff had to destroy all of the confidential documents, before they had to get out of town, ahead of the bad guys. If it is only useless paper and documents that are no longer needed, then you would wonder why it isn’t just being dumped into the recyling bin? Is this what was meant when it was said that he had to “tie up loose ends” before he departed?
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