Principal travels world as scholar of Holocaust BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer       MIDDLETOWN - The media center at Thompson Middle School was busy Oct. 24 with eighth-graders chatting and moving around. But when Principal Patrick Houston began his presentation on the Holocaust, for the next hour and a half, the students were silent. More ... School crime rates decrease       MIDDLETOWN - Assistant Superintendent John Russo presented the district's yearly violence and vandalism report at the Board of Education meeting on Oct. 22. The report compared the data from the 2005-06 and 2006-07 school years. The numbers for the most part were down, a positive step from last ... More ...