What's Happening To Our Park?

By CURT CLARK

Published: May 14, 2010 12:00 AM

Whatâs Happening To Our Park?

To the Editor:

I was looking for information on what is going on at Dickinson Park, and I found your comment on fecal matter in the play area. [âNo-So-Fun Space,â Letter Hive, 5/7/10.] That is terrible! And Iâve seen people not watch their kids too! But as a mother of two small kids, who Iâm on top of the whole time Iâm there, Iâm very upset with this park!

What are they doing with the two large mud holes! They tore up the tennis courts and basketball courts and have done nothing! Not real safe for kids to be around! And if we want to talk about the actual castle play place, it is terrible! The bridge has been broken for years and is terribly dangerous! I was over in Bethel at a park and a piece of the play place broke. Someone came within ten minutes to fix it. What is happening to our park!? For the amount of taxes we pay, our parks could at least not be a danger zone for kid!

Jennifer Avari

95A Walnut Tree Hill Road, Newtown Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â May 11, 2010

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They clearly didn't get the message ! CUT THE BUDGET by 20% , not raise it ! Newtown spends $2,500,000.00 every week now ! It will be $2.6m if you approve it ! Who are these people not paying attention to the cost of living? Throwing money at the school administration will not make your kids any smarter ! We are at $22K per kid per year, that is insane ! CUT THE BUDGET ! Go show up and VOTE, because 1200 people who voted yes will show up again, and it's the 1200 people who decide your cost of living for years to come. 51% voters turnout should be mandated to approve the budget, not pathetic 15% of voters. Stop these nonsensical referendums and send everyone a card in the mail so we have a true outcome what people actually want.

Council Cuts $1.4 Million From School Budget

The town cuts down the Sandy Hook Christmas tree and now trashes this bridge. What next?

Sandy Hook Pedestrian Bridge Removed

All due respect, the headline to this article is misleading. The budget presented was a proposed budget that did not pass public referendum. There are no cuts to anything, rather a reduction in the Board of Education original asking dollars. As matter of fact, the current recommendation from the LC is an increase of 2.3M more than the previous budget from 2023/24.

Some background on the Bus comment Mr Knapp made on not following policy. From ther Bee may 2023. Following a Request for Proposal (RFP), the school board learned at its March 15 meeting that only one bid came back for the school district’s transportation contract. The current contract with All-Star Transportation, which oversees the majority of bus routes for the district, is set to end at the end of this school year. At the May 3 meeting, district Director of Business & Finance Tanja Vadas said — reacting to Public Participation speaker Ryan Knapp who, among other things concerning the transportation contract, questioned the school district’s RFP process — she stands by the district’s RFP process “but other companies just didn’t bid.”

Concerns With Adherence To School District Policies

Additionally, they also anticipate over a $300,000 surplus for this fiscal year.

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