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Book Drive by Tokeneke School Students Gathers 5,836 Books for Darien Book Aid Plan

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Back in February, students at Tokeneke School held a book drive for Darien Book Aid Plan collected 5,836 books that the organization is sending to Peace Corps volunteers and literacy programs in the U.S. and worldwide. Here’s Darien Book Aid Plan’s announcement about the project:
If you entered Tokeneke School during the month of February, you would have noticed signs around the school promoting a book drive organized by the Tokeneke Student Council to benefit local non-profit Darien Book Aid. Darien Book Aid distributes free books to Peace Corps volunteers and literacy programs around the globe as well as to underserved schools and other programs in the United States. Thanks to the students and families of Tokeneke School, the book drive was a huge success and yielded a record-number 5,836 gently-used books for the non-profit. Some of these books are already on their way around the world.

Education

Kindergarten Immunizations Low at Royle, Ox Ridge Schools, Wide Variations Across Town

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Kindergarten children at Royle and Ox Ridge schools in Darien had so many exemptions to state student vaccination requirements in the last school year that the schools are among 134 across the state that fall below the recommended 95% rate. At Royle School, the vaccination rate was only 92.6%; at Ox Ridge, 94.7%, according to data for the 2018-2019 school year just released by the state Department of Public Health. Hindley was the only other school in town with some parents who didn’t have their children vaccinated, and there the rate was 98.7% vaccinating. The rate was 100% at Tokeneke and Holmes schools. The percentage of Kindergarteners with medical or religious exemptions exactly tracks the vaccination rate in Darien schools: add up the vaccination percentage and the exemption percentage, and you get to 100% of kindergarteners in each of the town’s five schools.

Government & Politics
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Public Hearing Oct 2 on Proposed Sidewalk Extension on Locust Hill Road

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Anyone who wants to learn more about or comment on a proposed sidewalk extension on Locust Hill Road at the eastern end of town is welcome at a public information hearing Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Town Hall. Locust Hill Road runs from Old Kings Highway South (where that road goes under Interstate 95) to Old Farm Road, roughly across the street from Tokeneke School. — an announcement from the Darien Department of Public Works

“All members of the public are invited to be present and will be given an opportunity to be heard regarding the proposed sidewalk extension,” according to an announcement from the Darien DPW. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall Auditorium.