Weekly Roundup - Norwich News, for week ending February 9, 2013

Marion Cross School To Increase Security

Dresden Tightens Schools’ Security

By Sarah Brubeck Valley News Staff Writer
Saturday, February 9, 2013

Hanover — The schools in Hanover and Norwich will have new security measures in wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. There are plans to add more security cameras, break-in resistant film on windows and magnetic locks for doors that can be activated by a push of a button, among other things.

At the same time, School Administrative Unit 70 worked with the principals of all four schools and made individualized plans for each building in an effort to maintain the sense of community in each building.

“We could turn the building into a fortress and nobody’s going to get in, but then it’s not a school anymore,” Superintendent Frank Bass said.

After the Sandy Hook shooting, Bass met with the police department and Jonathan Brush, the director of the supervisory union’s physical plant, to create concrete steps to make each building safer. The business administrator also shuffled money around so that $10,000 can be spent at each of the four school buildings out of the current budget. This means that many of the improvements will be in place by the first day of school next fall.

Since the December shooting, it has become a practice to have a daily police presence within each building. This has allowed for an increased feeling of safety, and officers have gotten to know the layout of the schools better.

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Engagement: Cuno - Mahon 

Cuno — Mahon
Sunday, February 3, 2013
(Published in print: Sunday, February 3, 2013)

Norwich — Sarah Stewart and James Cuno, of Norwich and Santa Monica, Calif., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Claire Cuno, to Brian Mahon.

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http://www.vnews.com/lifetimes/4119775-95/cuno-mahon-degree-norwich