Monday, January 27, 2020

Catching Up With This Month’s Hero Around Town

Lori Rodrigue is the head of the Newtown school district and this month’s Hero Around Town. I caught up with her recently and we had a great conversation.

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I’m here today with this month’s Hero Around Town, Dr. Lori Rodigue, head of our Newtown school system. She has guided us through tough times in the past, but our school system has remained fantastic throughout her tenure.

Connecticut has its challenges, but some of the reasons that our area tends to improve gradually are because we have a safe place to live, great policing, and excellent schools. We owe a lot of that to Dr. Rodrigue and her incredible staff.

Here’s an outline of our full conversation, with timestamps so that you can skip ahead to the section(s) that interest you the most:

1:25- What are the biggest challenges right now for the Newtown school district?


5:11- The challenges the district is currently facing head-on


6:15- What Lori considers her biggest accomplishment


8:25- My thoughts on the Newtown school system and its strong culture of caring


9:30- Wrapping things up

Thanks so much to Dr. Rodrigue for joining me. It was wonderful to hear her perspective. If you have any real-estate related questions that I can answer, feel free to reach out at any time via phone or email. I look forward to hearing from you soon.