Hey Greenwich! Did You Know ... A New School Super Is Chosen?

Today is Tuesday, April 24, 2012 and it's National Pigs in a Blanket Day.

This day in history:

In 1800, President John Adams approved legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress,"  establishing the Library of Congress. The first books, ordered from London, arrived in 1801 and were stored in the U.S. Capitol, the library's first home. The first library catalog, dated April 1802, listed 964 volumes and nine maps. Today, the collection, housed in three enormous buildings in Washington, contains more than 17 million books, as well as millions of maps, manuscripts, photographs, films, audio and video recordings, prints, and drawings.

Locally...Here's What You're Going to Want to Know ...

After months of speculation, community input, interviews and discussion, the is poised to hire a new schools chief Wednesday.

The 8-member board has scheduled a special meeting for 8 a.m. April 25 in the Havemeyer Building (290 Greenwich Ave.) to vote on the apppointment of and the contract for the superintendent. A public reception will follow at 8:30 a.m.

If you can't make the early morning meeting or reception, there will be an evening community reception at 6:30 at the (184 Hamilton Ave.)

The search which has been a closely held process with the search committee revealing few clues began in late November when the board appointed the search firm of Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates (HYA).

The only clue school officials have given about the new superintendent is that the candidate is male.

The superintendent will succeed interim schools chief Roger Lulow who took over in August 2011, following the resignation of Sidney Freund.

Commencement Speaker Announced for Greenwich High

Lee Woodruff, author, reporter for “CBS This Morning”, and co-founder of The Bob Woodruff Foundation at ReMIND.org, has been selected by the Greenwich High School Class of 2012 as the commencement speaker for the June 20, graduation ceremony.

Woodruff, a contributor to CBS This Morning, is the author of the New York Times bestseller, In "An Instant, A Family’s Journey of Love and Healing," an account of her husband, television reporter Bob Woodruff’s traumatic brain injury suffered while covering the War in Iraq in 2006 and their family’s perseverance through recovery.

It's Republican Presidential Primary Day

The Republican Presidential Primary is being held today and all registered Republicans will be able to vote in Greenwich public schools. For the first time in recent history, schools will be in session during poll hours.

Republican Registrar of voters Fred DeCaro III suggests avoiding the school polling places during early morning and late afternoon. The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

To help with planning, here's the class schedule:

• Julian Curtiss School: 7:45 – 8:15 AM; 2:30 – 3 PM
• Western Middle School: 7:15 – 7:45 AM; 2:20 – 2:50PM
• New Lebanon School: 7:45 – 8:15 AM; 2:30 – 3 PM
• Riverside School: 8:15 – 8:45 AM; 3 – 3:30 PM
• Old Greenwich School: 8:15 – 8:45 AM; 3 – 3:30 PM
• Greenwich High School: 7 – 7:30 AM; 2 – 2:30 PM
• Central Middle School: 7:15 – 7:45 AM; 2:20 – 2:50PM
• Glenville School: 8:15 – 8:45 AM; 3 – 3:30 PM
• North Street School: 8:15 – 8:45 AM; 3 – 3:30 PM
• North Mianus School: 8:15 – 8:45 AM; 3 – 3:30 PM

If you prefer the clicker ...

Greenwich Community TV programs are on Verizon FiOS channel 24 as well as Cablevision channel 79.

If you'd rather be there ... you'll have to wait, there aren't any town meetings scheduled for today.

For entertainment:

Sources: history.com, criteriorcinemas.com