Losing The Academic Race
To the Editor:
In 1995, the Educational Testing Service “re-centered” SAT scores to mask declining scores. As a...
It Really Is Nicer
To the Editor:
For those still wondering if it really is “Nicer in Newtown,” our collective reaction to the unprecede...
Chorus Of Complaints Grows Amid CL&P’s Incremental Progress
By John Voket
Shortly after more than 100 support vehicles — bucket trucks,...
GOP Finance Candidates Tout Newcomer, Cite Accomplishments
By John Voket
Republican members of Newtown’s Board of Finance issued a position statemen...
Our Choice For First Selectman
When a town faces a crisis, as Newtown did this week, many people rise to the occasion, do remarkable things, and demonstrate com...
To the Editor:
I would like to thank James Gaston, Sr, for heading the Democratic slate for next Tuesday’s election. I could not be more pleased tha...
Young People Are Learning Old Patterns Of Drug Abuse
The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) 2010 monitoring study of high school and youth trends â€&...
Occupation: I am the minister of visitation and spiritual growth at Newtown United Methodist Church. It’s a part-time position that Iâ€	...
Dorothy Krnyaich Thomas
Celebrated Life
Dorothy Krnyaich Thomas, 89, wife of Wallace C. Thomas of Newtown, died October 30, in Danbury Hospital. Born July ...
Llodra, Rodgers, Fellow Republicans
Review Core Objectives, Future Goals
By John Voket
The local Republican Town Committee, and the party’s top-of-...
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).