Robert and Bonnie Sue Stampp of Sandy Hook to Steven F. Mallary and Terry L. Ballan of Sandy Hook, residential property at 25 Gelding Hill Road for $360,000. Alice M Rafferty Est c/o Maureen Rohmer of Newtown, to Susannah and James R Shortt of Southb

By KENDRA BOBOWICK

Published: Oct 03, 2008 12:00 AM

Robert and Bonnie Sue Stampp of Sandy Hook to Steven F. Mallary and Terry L. Ballan of Sandy Hook, residential property at 25 Gelding Hill Road for $360,000. Alice M Rafferty Est c/o Maureen Rohmer of Newtown, to Susannah and James R Shortt of Southbury, residential property at 11 Cherry Street for $580,000. James and Michelle McPartland of Colorado Springs, Colo., to Yongda Zhang and Linying Ma of Richmond, Va., residential property at 27 Pearl Street for $639,000. Jess D. and Julie Farrington of Newtown to American International Relocation Solutions LLC of Penn., residential property at 117 Brushy Hill Road for $543,900.

Jeffrey A. and Carol Yapp of Danbury to Gregory N. and Tiffany M. Lotko of Morgan Hill, Calif., residential property at Boulder Creek Road for $945,000. Estate of Louis Georgaras of Newtown to Patricia Escobar of Danbury, residential property at 9 The Boulevard for 420,000. Thomas F. and Carol C. Maurath of Cape Coral, Fla., to Julianna V. Poznan of Fairfield, residential property at 3 Old Stream Road for $459,900. Darren L. and Susan Wutzke of Danbury to Boyd A. and Danielle R. Feltman of Highland Village, Texas, residential property at 3 Bobcat Lane for $787,000. Grzegorz and Shari Sadowski of Sandy Hook to Christopher L. and Tatiana L. Cook of Sandy Hook, residential property at 29 Maple Wood Trail for $481,000.

William J. and Antoinette R. Higgins of Cary, N.C., to James R. McDonnell of Newtown, residential property at 49 Sugar Lane for $400,000. Betty B. McAllister trust of Glastonbury to Ronald W. and Paula A. Catalano of Sandy Hook, residential property at 82 Haley Lane for $350,000. Jason and Valerie Scott of Newtown to Angelo and Gina Marie Cappelli of Stamford, residential property at 22 Valley View Road for $536,000. Joseph E. and Laura D. Murator of Southbury to David and Arlene Troy of Bethel, residential property at 42 Farm Field Ridge Road for $545,000.

Matthew S. and Kaari S. Winland of Scottsdale, Ariz.. to Prudential Relocation Inc of Scottsdale, Ariz., residential property at 6 Meridian Ridge Drive for $742,000. James McDonnell of Newtown and Joan McDonnell of Seymour to Gregg and Jill Baimel of Newtown, residential property at 7 Arlyn Ridge for $595,000. Jason E. and Margaret P. Kaderli of Dacula, Ga., to Ian Berke and Claudia Sandoval of Sandy Hook, residential property at 10 Johnson Drive for $320,000.

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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!

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

Continue To Invest In Newtown’s Schools

Test scores these days measure how well kids absorbed the answers that the State DOE tells the school systems to teach.

Vote For The Budget

Your kids got a 'Blue Ribbon' education. Those days are long gone.

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Robert and Bonnie Sue Stampp of Sandy Hook to Steven F. Mallary and Terry L. Ballan of Sandy Hook, residential property at 25 Gelding Hill Road for $360,000. Alice M Rafferty Est c/o Maureen Rohmer of Newtown, to Susannah and James R Shortt of Southb

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