Fresh start in some old buildings

Smooth opening for schools

By John Howell
Posted 9/1/16

Teacher Michael Pierce had an acronym for what he was handing to seventh-graders at Vets on the first day of its new role as a junior high school: “SOS.”

The kids, some looking like they had …

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Fresh start in some old buildings

Smooth opening for schools

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Teacher Michael Pierce had an acronym for what he was handing to seventh-graders at Vets on the first day of its new role as a junior high school: “SOS.”

The kids, some looking like they had just woken up, others eagerly trying to follow instructions, had just been assigned seats. They were at tables – two students per table, which is the new format for middle school, although the full transition from junior high to middle school won’t happen until next year.

Pierce held up a form and asked the students what it was. No hands flew up as most of the class focused on the paper in front of them. One student ventured an answer.

Pierce was about to give the first lesson of the day. He asked the class to look at the top of the page and the letters “RE.”

“That means ‘regarding,’” he said. “You’re going to spend a lot of time finding and understanding information,” he said, making the point that the few words following the “RE” told readers the form contained information about chemicals used to fertilize school fields should anyone have an allergy.

It was all part of the “SOS” – “stack of stuff” – students needed to bring home and give their parents.

Pierce’s “SOS” was not of the variety skeptics thought Superintendent Philip Thornton would need to issue for the first day of school. As a result of declining student enrollment, the system opened with two fewer secondary schools. Both Gorton and Aldrich junior highs have closed, and what was Vets High opened yesterday as a junior high.

With crews painting and installing carpet and lockers into the afternoon hours Tuesday, some thought Thornton would need to suspend the opening of Vets and Pilgrim High.

While the schedule was tight, director of school buildings and grounds Steve Gothberg never considered a delayed opening as an option. Gothberg, school crews and independent contractors worked into the evening hours and on weekends to complete the bulk of $3.2 million in school building and grounds renovations.

Yesterday was not only the first day of school for high school freshmen and seventh-graders, but for all elementary school students. Thornton was ready to show off all the work accomplished during the summer months, and joining him for the ride as early as 7 a.m. were Mayor Scott Avedisian, School Committee Chair Bethany Furtado and Courtney Marciano from the mayor’s office. Their first stop was Pilgrim, Avedisian’s alma mater.

“It’s a big difference,” Avedisian said.

He feels the fresh, clean look of the schools reflects the respect and value the community places in its educational system. Followed by TV news camera crews, the entourage swept into the auditorium, where Thornton needn’t point out changes. The seating, carpeting and lighting are all new. There was even a bit of that new car smell. One alteration not on the schedule was a new stage that was built when rotted flooring was found on the old one.

Furtado was awed. “I can’t get over the transformation,” she said.

Thornton took the chance to promote a $90.8 million bond proposal for the first of several phases to upgrade aging school buildings.

“If you like this, let’s continue the work,” he said.

Outside, the group watched as turf was rolled out for a re-graded football field. Following a machine, crews pulled the turf into place while a city Department of Public Works team raked and leveled sections of the field for the next roll of turf.

Overall, the field has been raised by 18 inches, eliminating the hallow it once was. The job done by the city in a new spirit of cooperation between the city and schools involved trucking in more than 1,200 cubic yards of fill. DPW Director David Picozzi said it was all accomplished with materials the city had available, with the exception of some gravel that was bought.

“We’re not going to play on it until next year,” Picozzi said. He said the task now is to make sure it gets a lot of water so the root system can take hold.

Water, rather mud, is what Scott Small of Public Works remembers of the field and the days he was a player for the Police Athletic League Cobra team. He said his aunt still talks about watching him get dragged through the mud and wondering whether he was going to make it. What Small remembers is loosing his shoe during play and continuing to play.

Not everything ran like clockwork, nor was everything in its place, which is also part of the first day of school.

The painting that remains to be done at Vets and Pilgrim will happen at night and over weekends. Some more fencing will be going up to ensure a safe passage for students walking on school grounds at Pilgrim, rather than cutting through the parking lot. At Vets, some rooms have yet to be cleared of built-in counters that were to have been removed so that there was room for the new table scheme. Some classrooms were missing chairs, and textbooks had to be found.

It wasn’t a crisis situation. There was no need to send out an SOS.

And, as Vets Principal David Tober noted, “It’s going to take a while to settle into a routine.”

Asked how the opening went from her vantage, Cathy Bonang, secretary to the superintendent, said that apart from the “usual glitches” such as a missed bus stop, “I thought it was eerily quiet.”

ON TOUR: Steve Gothberg (right), director of school buildings and grounds, and Marty Burns, head Pilgrim custodian, show off school improvements to School Committee Chair Beth Furtado. (Warwick Beacon photos)

READY AND WAITING: Pilgrim seniors, who served as guides for incoming freshmen wait to be paired with students on opening day yesterday.

ROLLING OUT A NEW FIELD: Turf is rolled out on the Pilgrim football field, which the city Department of Public Works raised by 18 inches. The new field won’t be ready for play until next year.

MAKING IT FUN: Cedar Hill kindergarten teacher Marcella Romano, with Callie Nelson at her side, outlines for the class the procedure for hanging up knapsacks and jackets. Romano has been teaching kindergarten for 23 years. “I love the children,” she said. Cedar Hill has three all-day kindergarten classes this year.

THE WAY YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO SIT: Cedar Hill School kindergartners sit “crisscross applesauce” as they are told…well, with at least one exception.

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  • Imhere

    How does anyone call it a fresh start in old buildings, well from what I seen all that happened with $3.25 was what you call putting lipstick on a pig. I went to Vets for orientation and noticed open holes in cielings with contaminates above for these children to breath, never mind all the tripping hazards in the floors due to broken tiles. I would upload pictures if this site allowed that, but they seem to praise the incompetent Phil Thorton. I've spoken with John Howell about a major issue that happened at Norwood Elementary and he must be buddies with Thorton. Whoever wrote this article must not have walked the building or put blinders on, like anyone who feels this school is a place for children to learn and grow. Thorton is a waste and his ideas might sound good on paper but look at his track record on covering things up. As a taxpayer and parent Vets is not acceptable for students with the safety hazards (tripping hazards) and open holes in the cielings which probably has never been cleaned. I wonder if an air quality test was performed or any other test to determine what lies above these old cielings. Mr. Incompetent Thorton was texted these pictures and recieved no response (typical) and Mayor Avedesian was also forwarded these pictures. I also sent these pictures to all school committee members and none have the morals to respond. Hope everyone wakes up come voting time and get rid of the useless and put people in those seats that have the children in mind and not just sitting around waiting for another check. Or maybe they are also ashamed of the outcome and don't know how to respond.

    Thursday, September 1, 2016 Report this

  • MPierce

    My name is Mike Pierce. I teach at Veterans Jr. High School, and it is my picture at the top of this article. I could not be more livid about the portrayal that Mr. Howell has made of the shape of my classroom and the shape of the school.

    Before I continue on, please understand that this is not about the principal, staff, or teachers at Vets. Everyone is doing the best they can in the abominable situation the central school administration has left us in.

    If you could see the other side of my classroom, you would see that I am teaching in a home-economics room. There is barely enough room for my 28 homeroom students because the kitchen islands, cabinets, dishwasher, etc... that were supposed to be removed from the classroom were left because they ran out of time. Next door, the science teacher has a tiny classroom that they are turning into a science classroom by adding sinks and a backsplash. I say turning into because it is not done yet- she and every other science teacher in the building are going to be taken out of the classrooms for two weeks so they can finish installing the sinks. When it is done, the science teachers will be expected to run labs on rolling tables with flip-up tops. Picture hot plates with glass beakers full of boiling water, powered by extension cords running across the classroom floor. Now put 27 7th grade science students in a tiny classroom with the flip top rolling tables, the glass beakers, boiling water, and criss-crossed extension cords. A first class safety hazard.

    Travel down the hallway and you will find a tech-ed teacher with a room full of computers. The computers have no software on them. Oh, and there is no power running to them either. These students are sitting and waiting.

    You could also visit the computer teacher who is sitting in a room with no computers- because they haven't been ordered yet. These students are sitting and waiting.

    You could visit the robotics teacher that has no robotics kits, because only half as many were ordered as necessary. These students are sitting and waiting.

    You could go observe the broken heating system that has had nothing whatsoever done to it.

    You could go observe a classroom for special needs students, that has inadequate space, equipment, and staffing.

    You could observe any classroom and see that in the rooms the walls were not repaired or painted.

    You could observe almost all of the fancy technology that has been promised has yet to be installed. Those "Promethean Boards" - All still in boxes somewhere.

    I could go on, and on, and on.

    Do you know what I and most of the other teachers in the building spent part of the day doing on Tuesday, when we were supposed to be getting ready for students? Walking around the building trying to locate what storeroom or closet the moving company had dumped our textbooks into. That's right. No one could tell us, because no one knew. Just like on the first day I needed to call the office and realized we had no list of phone numbers, and no one knew how to use our fancy new Cox phones. Thank god no one needed the nurse. No one could even tell me where my students could go to the bathroom on the first day.

    Once again, Principal Tober and the building administrators,, the teachers, the tech workers, and the staff are all making Herculean efforts to get this school year off the ground. It is not our fault that the school committee and the school administration tried to complete a year's worth of construction work in 2 months, ordered improper equipment and furniture for the buildings,and made curriculum changes that were ill-advised. It is not our fault that the money was spent on making things look pretty, rather than making things functional.

    It will be the job of all of us at Vets to take the horrific mess the superintendent and school committee have put us in and make it work. We will all work together within this building to make this happen.

    I have never seen anything like it. This building was in no way ready to be opened to students, and anyone who went past the auditorium or the main office would know that. I challenge anyone to actually explore the school and see what is really going on. Just go past the office and press the button for the elevator. From the outside it has been painted to appear new and modern. When it opens, you will see something that looks like it came out of a horror movie. You will be shocked- guaranteed. No one uses it, because it has been known to trap people. Rather than fix it, the district administration chose to paint the door.

    Mr. Howell, I told you these things as you stood in my classroom. I encouraged you to investigate these serious and openly apparent problems throughout the building. You told me that you already knew about some of them. Then you went and wrote a fluff pieceabout how wonderful everything is. I am appalled. These are our children that are in this building. These are our tax dollars that have been squandered. You are a reporter, first and foremost. You should be ashamed of yourself.

    School committee member Karen Bachus was the only school official that I know of that went farther than the lobby. She spent hours at Vets, going from classroom to classroom, talking to teachers and taking notes on everything she saw and heard. She could not believe that Pilgrim and Vets had been opened in the condition that they are in.

    Sincerely,

    Michael Pierce

    Teacher at Veteran's Junior High School

    Parent of Warwick students

    Taxpayer

    Thursday, September 1, 2016 Report this

  • Imhere

    Mr. Pierce it is truly sad that the incompetent Phil Thorton would put the kids in harms way and never mind not give you and your co workers the contract you completely deserve! You and your co workers will teach the future while these waste of tax payer money(administration and school committee) do what ever they want. I don't understand how these people feel this is a suitable work and learning environment, because it's far from that. Phil Thorton should stick his head in the hole in the cieling and breathe all the contaminates but i bet the only time he walked through was for the news and continues to be the fraud he is. I sent pictures I took to Thorton, Avedesian, all school committee members and guess what I think they are all ashamed because it's been crickets with no response, and also called director of secondary education and now sit and wait for response. I admire your courage to stand up and say the truth instead of falling in line like a Puppet like the Puppet master Phil Thorton would like.

    Friday, September 2, 2016 Report this

  • PaulHuff

    Mr. Pierce.....Awfully inflammatory comments. You really wouldn't know where to send your students to the bathroom?

    I really can't take you serious....

    But as bad as your comments were with their hyperbole..at least you didn't have the nerve to call the superintendent incompetent while typing at a seventh grade level with tons of spelling errors like @Imhere did.

    It's the first couple days of school...things will get worked out. But this wasn't really about that was it? You're just another greedy teacher who wants a raise.

    Friday, September 2, 2016 Report this

  • ASmith

    @PaulHuff

    I have known Mike for quite sometime since working with him at Gorton. I could describe him in many ways....but "greedy teacher" would never be something that would remotely cross my mind. I would say his comment is to show that there are always multiple sides to any story, and he is expressing his.

    Friday, September 2, 2016 Report this

  • MikeDisalvia

    Paul Huff you must be on someones payroll to think that this school is in proper condition to open ive seen pictures and talked with several prople who work and have worked in the schools that closed and the so called new ones they tell me it's a shame you have to send your kids to a school that has asbestos and black mold running rampant in the school and you do know what they cause respiratory problems I thank I am here and Mr Pierce for beging honest as far as Mr Thorton goes well I dont wanna say on here what I think of him and his crew pf cover ups. Parents need to stand United and demand andwers the place to start is calling the health dept and OSHA let them inspect the school and fine the city daily until it's fixed properly enough complaits and they will take action calling the city wont help if it's not affecting.the.mayor he will do nothing nor will Mr Coverup Thorton do anything it's up to the parents and it's only a phone call

    Friday, September 2, 2016 Report this

  • Imhere

    @Paul huff I take it you are on one of those strings the incompetent puppet master is holding. Have you walked through, and if this is acceptable for your child to go you are just as brain dead as Thorton. I would've posted pictures of the school you think is ok but it seems John Howell is on a string too because he says the schools are all good. FYI Mr. Pierce is the only one who had a pair to stand up to his bosses who are trying to hold the teachers down, not all teachers are great and deserve a contract but the majority do because they are teaching the future. I would also like to apologize for my spelling errors everyone can't be perfect like Paul Huff,I didn't realize you were the spelling police. You are also right I did and will say Phil Thorton is incompetent and I've also asked for his resignation on numerous occasions. Time to wake up Paul Huff.

    Friday, September 2, 2016 Report this

  • Thecaptain

    This is pretty funny stuff. 90.8 million dollars to renovate schools that should have been torn down to have new ones built. Why is it that we are not building any schools in this city or in RI for that fact when right across the border, every town is building new schools? Anyone care to render an answer? ITS BECAUSE WE ARE BROKE BECAUSE OF UNION CONTRACTS AND THE FEEDING AT THE TROUGH ON THIS MAYORS WATCH. Everyone is complaining that there is not enough computers but of the 4.7 million dollar tax increase, 100% went to salaries, raises, and bonuses. I don't remember any teachers making comments at the budget hearings on the new firefighter gift of $932,500 increase in sick time bonuses. Non of the teachers were screaming that 6 members of the council never read the new fire contract which is costing us millions in added perks. I didn't hear any parents of students in these dump buildings yelling about the soaring overtime costs in every department. I don't remember any of the teachers uttering 1 word of support for Mr. Cushman when he presented the charts indicating that all of the increased revenue from taxes in the last 10 years has gone to the city side of the budget for raises , bonuses, step increases, and pension payments while the school side remains level funded. I haven't seen any teachers or parents outraged that the mayor, finance director, and fire chief were unable to answer any questions on how the WFD overtime is reconciled. Nothing but silence. So, you get what you deserve. Rotted buildings, drop ceilings that are hiding hazardous materials, poor lighting, unsatisfactory tools and classrooms, etc.. etc... etc... By the way, I also haven't heard any teacher make comments about the 2 rats, namely Mr. and Mrs. Laplante who robbed your school department of hundreds of thousands of dollars in merchandise, yet, Bachus and crew still wont allocate $12,000 for gps in the vehicles to monitor the gross inefficiencies in the work force. Its a joke. Stay silent, you think things will get better. Right. So parents, time to open your pocket books and send your kids to private school. Its only about $60,000 per kid for 4 years. Maybe the teachers could conduct a civics class for the parents as well. Give them a map with directions to city hall and a schedule of the council meetings and tell them that they should pick up a microphone and address the less than useless council and mayor. That's where it all begins folks.

    Friday, September 2, 2016 Report this

  • richardcorrente

    Dear Mike Pierce,

    I agree with everything you said, and that is rare for me. However, may I please add to your list. The "most broken" item in my opinion, is the fact that you and the rest of the teachers still, at this very late date do not have a contract. Avedisian refuses to get involved saying that he is required by law to stay out of the negotiations. On that he is correct but he has a greater responsibility to the taxpayers to make sure that there ARE negotiations and he has done NOTHING to get the 2 sides together. NOTHING!

    As Mayor I will be bound by the same law that stops me from being part of the negotiations but you can bet I will encourage, advise, push, pressure, motivate, stress, inspire, assert, strong-arm (almost), suggest, and any other adjective you want to use to get the School Committee to meet with the teachers. I will telephone, mail, visit, e-mail, fax, stop-in-the-hall and do whatever it takes to achieve a "meeting" between the sides. What the contract terms end up being are up to them. My challenge is to get them to "talk" at the meeting that I will cannot attend. I will be satisfied enough at having something to do with scheduling it.

    Mike, I will relentlessly pursue that goal, and I won't quit until I (and the teachers) succeed.

    Count on it.

    Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend.

    Richard Corrente

    Endorsed Democrat for Mayor

    Friday, September 2, 2016 Report this

  • Justanidiot

    Mayer Corrente,

    The teachers are consummate professionals. They do not need a contract. Only some union hack would hide behind a collective bargaining agreement.

    god bless you and all the fine work you have done as mayer of Warwick

    Friday, September 2, 2016 Report this

  • Imhere

    Justanidiot unions are a good to some and some others just are not fans. I think unions are good when you an administration who tries to hold down the employee. It's hard to agree with anything this administration has done hold back on contracts, let the taxpayer be robbed blind and imagine Mrs. Laplante is still a teacher (Norwood), let 4 young girls be inappropriately touched by another student, the Gorton teacher who was an artist (on students), and look at the way Vets turned out. There are numerous safety trip hazards through out the school and they think that is fine. Last year this administration gave principals a raise and the teachers are still left without a contract. These teachers are on the front line teaching OUR future and deserve a contract.

    Friday, September 2, 2016 Report this

  • Mamaof2

    @paulhuff

    I'm not sure if you are a parent of students at Vets or if you've seen the condition the school is in. As a mother of an 8th grader, I've seen the school and I'm disgusted by it! My poor daughter has severe allergies and asthma and on her first day she came feeling like crap. She said the school smells disgusting, most classrooms don't have fans, some classes the Windows don't open, and most teachers didn't have their classrooms ready. I do not blame the teachers for this because I know that they didn't have time to get their rooms ready.

    For you to call Mr. Pierce "another greedy teacher" is ridiculous! I've never met the man, but based on what he posted I would say he is a man who cares for his students and their well being. He put himself out there and is standing up for the teachers, the students, the tax payers and the schools and I applaud him! I am however appalled that you would verbally attack 2 people you've clearly never met. As for you comments towards "Imhere", yes he may have made some spelling and grammar mistakes, but did it occur to you that maybe he was at work and rushing or just angry and not necessarily paying close attention as he was typing!?! You say he has nerve calling Phillip Thorton incompetent, but did you ever stop and think maybe he has person experience with the superintendent and knows something you may not know? Everything I have heard, seen and learned when it comes the Thorton points to his incompetence and ignorance. Yes he did some good for the district by weeding out the bad seeds but that is the only good I've seen! He willingly let a student go unpunished at Norwood, even though this student sexually assaulted 4 little girls. He willingly stood by while Lynn Dambruch called these 4 years and their parents liars. He opened schools that clearly were not ready to be opened, when in reality the work on Vets should have been done all year while Gorton and Aldrich should have stayed open for another year. He refuses to help negotiate a contract for the teachers. I could go on for days on everything Thorton has done to show that he is incompetent.

    Friday, September 2, 2016 Report this

  • Mamaof2

    My comment should say that Lynn Dambruch called the 4 children and their parents liars. It is hard to see my entire comment on my phone screen and when I reread it I realized my mistake. I wouldn't want @paulhuff to attack me for a minor mistake, though he clearly looks for reasons to belittle people

    Friday, September 2, 2016 Report this

  • GOPJoe

    @ASmith, "Greedy Teachers"??? You wouldn't have the first clue what a greedy teacher is. Comments like this make it painfully obvious that you are the type of person who sends your child to school with expectations that the teachers are going to raise your child. How about you give a crap about the chaotic learning environment your children are shoved into in order to save a couple bucks? How about the mandated curriculum that common core has given that has stripped the ability to teach actual life skills? How about the uninvolved parents who rely on schools to raise their kids, and then complain when those kids misbehave? I dare you to educate yourself on the actual environments these teachers and students are shoved into, and then try to criticize, rather than being an uninformed idiot making inflammatory comments to make yourself look cool.

    Friday, September 2, 2016 Report this

  • GOPJoe

    Sorry @ASmith, I meant @PaulHuff

    Friday, September 2, 2016 Report this

  • Carterbnb

    I am truly disappointed in this article which is clearly a fluff piece to appease the powers that be. A smooth start? Absolutely not! I understand that there was a lot to accomplish in a short amount of time but it has not been smooth. There are issues with traffic, bussing, and overcrowding. Our children are crammed into classrooms without enough desks and they are eating their lunches on the floor because there aren't enough seats. As a parent this is unacceptable! Everyone says to give it time but this should have been all worked out before they put over 1500 students into a building that was not ready. Our children are supposed to learn in this environment?

    Saturday, September 3, 2016 Report this

  • Okgo-okgo

    Perhaps taxpayers would like to take a stroll around these schools, beyond the new auditoriums, and judge for themselves. If you can spare about 10 minutes from your day, go see how your tax money was spent. Try to locate a few bathrooms in the building. Turn on a sink. Does it work? Is there soap? Are the classrooms clean, dusty or cluttered? Try out the desks & chairs. Would you be able to concentrate completing a task in that space for about an hour? Try to sharpen a pencil without tripping over wires, boxes or chairs. Can you easily locate pencils, paper and books in the room? Count how many pieces of technology you can see in each classroom. Is the technology consistant throughout each room in the building? Is technology plugged in? Locate a few working electrical outlets. How many are available in each room? Are they coveniently located? Plug in your cell phone charger & see if it works. Perhaps someone who is injured would like to try to navigate these spaces in a wheelchair or on crutches. If you were suddenly feeling ill, is the nurses office easy to find to get help? Do all doors securely lock to prevent intruders from harming our precious youth? Are there visible signs to help navigate exits, in the case of an emergency? Take a deep breath. Is the air fresh? Look around. Children are expected to excel in these spaces for 180 days. Be honest with yourself. Is this a realistic expectation? Would you be able to do your best work in the building, as it is?

    For a few minutes, put yourself in a student's shoes. If you haven't done that, your opinions aren't valid.

    All you need to do is open your eyes & look around. The truth is right in front of us.

    Saturday, September 3, 2016 Report this

  • Tenaciousdee

    I realize this is an old article, but I couldn't live with myself if I didn't respond after reading it. I am outraged and sickened by what i just read. These issues have not improved, that school is not safe, and there should not be students in that building.

    I am a former student of Vets and Gorton, and Mr. Pierce was my 8th grade history teacher at Gorton in the 03/04 school year during another battle between the administration and the teachers' union. This man changed my life, and was one of the best teachers I ever had. I find the way this city treats all of its teachers to be absolutely appalling, and have for sometime, but now it's outright bullying. The targeting of specific teachers, and in particular Mr. Pierce, is completely outrageous and it is being carried out in entirely unprofessional ways. There is a recent post in the Save Warwick Schools facebook community, showing teachers in "time out" for two entire class periods...it was posted this week. Of course, Mr. Pierce was on the bench.

    As a former Warwick resident and student, and someone who works in the city at a business that sells the Warwick Beacon...I am absolutely disgusted that this "news" source would post such a biased and inflammatory article, singling out a passionate and caring teacher who is speaking out for the safety and wellbeing of his students. Mr. Pierce is trying to navigate and lead through this trainwreck of a transition with his students and their parents, and with our entire community. This is a teacher who once gave an entire lecture about every human involved in the manufacturing of a single pencil, to demonstrate the importance of a global community and working together to accomplish even the smallest tasks. I heard that lecture almost 13 years ago, and it still resonates with me to this day. Now, his own community has turned against him, to the extent of an article from the city's main local news publication, including two pictures and his name, skewing his admirable efforts  to prepare his class for the challenges they need to overcome together.

    Mr. Pierce is an incredible teacher, and he is fighting to keep these students safe and to be able to give them the education they need and deserve. We should be coming together as a community to support our teachers, not attacking them for doing the absolute best they can with the neverending stream of bulls*** pouring down on them from every possible angle. We expect amd trust them to mold and educate the next generation, yet we repay them by treating them like garbage. We hold them to increasingly ridiculous standards, while refusing to compensate them accordingly or treat them with half the respect they deserve.

    I think some writers and editors over at the Beacon should take a lil refresher course in unbiased journalism... perhaps even consider scanning over defamation laws or an ethics text once or twice before posting another article like this. This is unrelated, but a quick lesson on basic customer service skills with your  delivery driver would be greatly appreciated as well.

    Happy holidays,

    Deanne Campopiano

    Tenaciousdee123@gmail.com

    Sunday, December 18, 2016 Report this