Next On View
Newtown High School Senior Art students will have a Portfolio Show of their works December 14-18 during regular library hours.
Children’...
Holiday Festival Walking Tour
Will Showcase Local Homes
By Nancy K. Crevier
The 24th Annual Holiday Festival, presented this year by Newtown Savings Bank to be...
Dinner & A Show: Pot Roast Gathering, Choir Concert
BETHEL — The First Congregational Church of Bethel will host its annual Pot Roast Dinner on Satu...
Anne Stark Named President Of
Newtown Board Of Realtors For 2010
By Nancy K. Crevier
Anne Stark, manager of the Prudential Connecticut Realty Newtown office, w...
Police Investigate Thanksgiving
Vandalism Incidents
By Andrew Gorosko
Police are investigating vandalism that caused several thousand dollars worth of damage. ...
Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. —Doug Larson
Start by doin...
“MAKING FACES,
” an exhibit of portraits, self-portraits, landscapes and whimsical constructions by Peter Steiner will open with ...
Free BP Screening
The Masonicare at Newtown Nursing Department will sponsor a free blood pressure screening Tuesday, December 15, from 10 am to noon, in the Lo...
Doggone Etiquette —
Diet Or Exercise
By Bardi McLennan
A Word to the Dog: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Have you finished eating all the leftovers? No? ...
I am sorry but $88.8 million dollars to educate 4030 kids is way out of line! That's over $22k per kid, used to be $8k per kid, the kids aren't getting any smarter, the administration eats all the cost. Time to cut the budget by 20% and also cut the $225k salary of the superintendent and $193k of the superintendent assistant ! You can get a lot of teachers for $400k wasted for 2 overpaid positions. Common sense should tell you that spending $2.5 million per every week for population less than 30k people is just way too high! Also voting should be done by mail, enough with these nonsensical referendums where barely 16% of voters show up. 51% voters approval should be MANDATED!
Who have you asked that didn't know where to cut? Its easy. Ideally, you would start with section 100 of the budget but the union prevents that. So I say you turn to page 18, put it on your dart board, and start reducing the head count. It's all you can do when the union controls the budget.
The people have spoken, time to sharpen your pencils. If we look at the town budget for guidance the BOE should cut the budget from 4.4% to 2.75% I find the voting results very interesting ... We have approximately 4,030 students in our town, with a published 12:1 ratio which means we have 335 teachers. I would love to know the actual number if someone knows. If we account for their spouses that gets us very close to the number of people who voted yes for the budget and wished it would be higher (729).