Conn. THIS small, wealthy town with impeccable schools seems like the perfect suburb, and Janet Shaner seemed the perfect superintendent for Weston. Other than its three schools centered on one bucolic campus, little ties the town together. There is no downtown, just a cluster of stores selling essentials.
Houses preside over wooded lots that, by law, are at least two acres.
There's not even a communal water or sewer system. There is nothing else. Divorced and living alone in Milford, she kept an air mattress in her office for nights she worked late. She opened school last fall by holding a meeting for teachers that resembled a political convention, with balloons, confetti and her own rousing keynote speech. Slight, athletic and well-dressed, she attended nearly every sporting event, music or drama activity.