Remembering Joan Schine

Judy Seltz, a daughter of Joan Schine, addresses a memorial service for her mother today at Westport Town Hall. “She didn’t flinch from doing what she considered right,” Seltz said. At right is her brother Robert who also spoke. Schine died Sept.18 at the age of 87 after battling Alzheimer’s Disease. A former Westport Board of Education president, her efforts to bring Bridgeport schoolchildren to Westport in 1970 as part of Project Concern virtually divided the town and touched off efforts to have her recalled. (See WestportNow Sept. 20, 2010) (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo