Westfield Week in Review

Project '79 hosted a at on Monday night in cafeteria A of. This is the major fundraiser for Project '79's 2012 work trip to the Dominican Republic.

A secured, district-wide and dozens of new laptops and iPads for students of all grade levels are among the highlights of the district’s Strategic Technology Initiative that are scheduled to be in place by the start of the new school year, according to presentation at Tuesday’s  meeting on behalf of the Ad-Hoc Technology Committee.

The Board's presentation suggests enrollment should allow middle school attendance zones to eventually return to 2008-2009 levels. The redistricting policy has to be approved each year by the Board, which Tuesday night approved the measure for the 2012-2013 school year by a 4-3 vote. Board members Ginny Leiz, Ann Cary, Rosanne Kurstedt and Gretchan Ohlig voted to approve the measure. Meanwhile, President Richard Mattessich, Vice President David Finn and Mitch Slater voted against continuing the redistricting.

Husband and wife Walter and Jennifer Chavez are hoping to have an opportunity to see their business flourish the way they've watched their clients blossom. The couple opened the South Avenue business, , in 2007. Specializing in pediatric occupational and speech therapy for children ranging from birth through 19 years of age, many of whom are on the autism spectrum or have ADHD or developmental delays, the practice provides one-on-one individualized care. In order to help Therapy Tree qualify, voters can visit www.missionsmallbusiness.com and log in with their Facebook accounts. Therapy Tree needs 250 votes by June 30 in order to qualify. As of Wednesday, June 13, the practice was more than halfway to its goal.

has received notification that 10 students earned a perfect score of 800 on the SAT or SAT 2 Subject Tests taken in October, 2011.

Charles Wolff, 18, of Barryville, NY, cousin of the late , 18, of Westfield, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Sullivan County Court to vehicular manslaughter, a felony, in the drunken driving accident that killed MacKechnie, according to The Times Herald-Record.