NHS Teacher To Be Honored This Weekend
At Annual Walk Against Domestic Violence
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During the Annual Women’s Center of Greater Danb...
A Barbaric Practice Continues
To the Editor:
One week ago on Sunday morning three men arrived at our home in hunting apparel and asked me if they could track a...
Llodra Wants Open Space Funding Back In The CIP
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Considering Newtown can realize as much as a 300 percent return on investment for every acre of la...
Newtown Democrats Release New Policy Issues
By John Voket
After working for several months to craft a package of policy issues that are embraced by local rank a...
To The Editor:
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Photojournalist And Author
To Share Stories At Library
Award-winning photographer Marc-Yves Regis will be at C.H. Booth Library on Thursday, October 7, at 7 pm...
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Newtown Veteran Celebrates ‘Day Of Honor’
By Nancy K. Crevier
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Katherine James Martens
Educator And Author
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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.
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.”