End of a 49-Year Heller Family Run in Westport Schools

UPDATE Grant Heller, Staples class of 2014, poses with grandparents Garson and Velma today following the graduation ceremony. Garson said that Grant’s graduation ends a 49-year period during which a member of the Heller family either attended Westport schools or was employed there. Grant’s father, Grant, Sr. who attended Westport schools from kindergarten through high school, graduated from Staples in 1978 as did his three children, Bonnie, 23, Katie, 20 and now Grant, 18. The youngest sibling of Grant Sr. graduated from Staples in 1984 while Velma was working in the Westport Public Schools. She retired in 2001 and now serves on the Representative Town Meeting as deputy moderator. Garson has served on the Board of Assessment Appeals for more than three decades. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com