Students at Westport’s Long Lots Elementay School today staged a walkathon for victims of the recent Gulf Coast hurricanes. Proceeds went to Westport’s Save the Children. Jane Mastrianni for WestportNow.com

Author, columnist and soccer coach Dan Woog addressed today’s Sunrise Rotary Club meeting in advance of publication in November of his history of Westport’s Staples High School. Woog said while a history of a high school might sound like dry reading, the anecdote-filled story of Staples and the colorful personalities involved make it anything but that. WestportNow.com photo

The Westport School District has 137 more students in its classrooms this fall than originally expected, according to a school report.

The Board of Education will discuss an enrollment report during its meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in Bedford Middle School’s cafeteria.

In a memo to the school board, Schools Superintendent Elliott Landon reports there are 60 more students than expected in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.

There are 54 more students at the two middle schools and 23 more at Staples High School, according to his letter.

Staples senior Cindy Shuck recruited for her club at today’s annual Club Rush day for incoming freshmen. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Kerry Long for WestportNow.com