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Holiday Closings: Memorial Day

Published: May 20, 2022 08:00 AM

Local, state, and federal entities will all be affected by the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 30.

All town offices will be closed on Memorial Day. Town boards and commissions will not be meeting.

Newtown Senior Center, the schools, and C.H. Booth Library also will be closed.

The transfer station on Ethan Allen Road will be closed. (The transfer station is regularly closed to the public on Mondays. It will not be open on Memorial Day for commercial service.)

There is no regular mail delivery.

Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles offices continue to operate by appointment only. Visit portal.ct.gov/DMV to schedule one or to view the list of available online services.

The offices of The Newtown Bee and Antiques and The Arts Weekly will be closed Saturday through Monday, May 28-30, and will reopen at 8 am Tuesday, May 31.

Deadlines for editorial content for The Newtown Bee print edition of Friday, June 3, will not be affected by the holiday. Advertising deadlines will be affected, however; call 203-426-3141 for information.

Flags were lowered late last week in response to a proclamation from President Joseph Biden, marking the solemn milestone of 1,000,000 deaths in the United States from COVID-19. The lowered flags, including the one at the Parks & Recreation garage on Trades Lane, on May 15 also honored Peace Officers Memorial Day. According to US flag code, the American flag on Memorial Day should be flown at half-staff position from sunrise until noon. —Bee Photo, Hicks

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Teachers Union - nuff said.

Vote No To The BOE Budget And No it Should Not Be Higher

Newtown schools have degraded over the 3+ decades I've lived here as the concentrated social experiment curricula driven by the state and small but loud groups. Yet we continue to dig into our pockets while we witness the downward spiral.

Vote Yes On April 23

Unfortunately as voter turnout continues to decline the chances of it increasing also decline. The LC and BOF already know that the budget will be approved by virtue of the low turnout so why try to make smart decisions? The so-called referendum is essentially just a rubber stamp. They will continue to increase the budget by 2-5% every year because it's low enough to not cause a pushback under the cover of "inflation" and "maintaining the schools." Sending the budget to vote with 9% turnout is meaningless and a waste of resources on April 23rd.

Go Out And Vote April 23

I have seen Mr. Pisani repeatedly assert in the pages of the Bee that Newtown schools are "testing at a failing 64.9%". I'd be curious if he could elaborate on this statistic, as I have been unable to verify it independently. Which test exactly is our school system failing? How do our schools compare to other towns? How does our score compare to historical measures? It's very hard to draw conclusions from a single data point, so here are a few more data points to think about for context: Newtown is consistently ranked among the top 20 school districts in CT by the US News and World Report and Niche, which consider a range of performance metrics in their rankings; on average, Newtown students perform similar to, if not better than, students in neighboring school districts on standardized math and reading tests; the only data point on the CT Department of Education District Report Card where Newtown "fails" -- that is, falls behind the state average -- is access to art instruction. I'm glad the council member has acknowledged in this letter what taxpayers in high-performing (and high-spending) school districts like Darien, New Canaan, and Westport already know: "School funding does impact student achievement." Please keep that in mind when you vote this week!

All I Ask Is That You Think About It

An investment is done with a hope for a return. The operative term here is 'hope'.

Continue To Invest In Newtown’s Schools

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