After graduating high school and while attending college at University of Delaware, I worked at my father’s home building company for over 20 years. I have been in the industry for nearly 45 years. As I watch these homes grow into neighborhoods this is even more satisfying. Designing and constructing a house, which will become someone’s home, is a unique, rewarding feeling. This is only the tip of the iceberg for what the underlying trend data and elementary scores suggests is coming if would be officials ignore it.Some people have jobs, others have callings…as a homebuilder, I am fortunate enough to fall into both these categories. That’s a nearly 20% decline in just one marker of performance. In 2022 barely 58 percent of 11th and 12th grade students demonstrated readiness, with only 55% meeting the SAT benchmark, 37% meeting the AP benchmark and 9% meeting the ACT benchmark. In the 2017 school year, almost 72% of Newtown 11th and 12th graders met the Connecticut college and career readiness benchmark. The job of the BOE is to provide oversight on behalf of the electorate, not PR as the district falls behind our peers. Spinning and cherry-picking data as in this letter shows a troubling disregard for objective reality. Why criticize the incumbent candidates on something that is not controversial? We should all stive for the pursuit of academic excellence in our schools. That Trumbull and Monroe spend 10% less but get better results. He fails to mention that NHS has declined and fell behind Trumbull and Pomperaug on the same list. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the Jeff Shwartz Be Educated in Entomology Scholarship Fund, Backyard Beekeepers Association, PO Box 335, Redding Ridge, CT 06876.īruce seems troublingly content with the status quo. Rick Davis (Beth) of Newtown and several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.Ī memorial service is planned for the summer when it is hoped that COVID will allow us to gather safely. Mary Lou Davis of The Villages, Fla John Davis (Ellen) of Raleigh, N.C. He is also survived by his sister, Robbin Golas (Gary), of Trumbull brother, Joshua Kane (Abigail), of New York stepfather, George Keane, of Trumbull stepmother, Joan Shwartz, of Westport stepbrothers, Brian Keane, Geoff Keane, and Scott Rosen stepsisters, Sheila Keane and Dinah Rosen in-laws, Robert and Agnes Davis, of The Villages, Fla. ![]() In addition to his wife and children, Jeff is survived by the best cat ever, Sophie Mae, and three African grey parrots. As said by a dear friend, we do not have the words to express the grief and loss, not just for the family, but for all the unwritten chapters of Jeff’s life. We will miss him more than we could ever express. The world has lost one of its most interesting people and his family feels privileged to have walked through life by his side. His dream was to sail the world, and his boat brought him one step closer to that goal. He loved his boat and relished every sunrise and sunset that he saw from Stamford Harbor. The water, especially Long Island Sound, was where Jeff loved to be and where he wanted to die, if he had a choice. He enjoyed chess, badminton, boomerangs, and sailing. Jeff regularly talked with anyone about everything, anything, and nothing. He embraced a challenge, he loved deeper than most of us, and he was the most loyal of friends. Jeff was one of the most passionate, interesting, and smartest men we have known. His advice to those who have a paper wasp nest on their property was to leave it alone because they eat things that eat us, such as mosquitos. He encouraged children to not fear bees and wasps but to appreciate them. Jeff loved sharing his knowledge and holding bee demonstrations at schools, fairs, and farms. ![]() He devoted the last part of his life to educating adults and kids alike about honeybees as well as other insects. He understood and loved bees and in turn, they loved him. Jeff was well known locally as a beekeeper, mentor, and member of the Backyard Beekeepers Association. His passions included hot air ballooning, playing poker, selling cars, ham radio, master gardening (although he wasn’t very good at that), sailing, backpacking, and beekeeping. He lived by the philosophy that life is short and you should find a passion and pursue it. He went through the Westport public school system but preferred to learn by doing and reading. Jeff was born August 6, 1957, in New York and grew up in Westport. He is survived by his daughter, Amelia Davis Shwartz of Bristol his son, Alan Wayland Shwartz his daughter-in-law, Grace Winkler Shwartz and his grandson, Taliesin Malcolm Shwartz, of Manassas, Virginia. He was the husband of Nancy Davis Shwartz and the son of the late Leonard David Shwartz and the late Renee Bacal Keane. ![]() Jeffrey Alan Shwartz, of Newtown, died suddenly on November 3, in Stamford.
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