Doggone Etiquette —
Winter Retirement
By Bardi McLennan
A Word to the Dog: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
How are you co...
A Time To Reach Out For Help
To the Editor:
We can’t be sure how long media coverage of the Penn State sexual assault allegations will last. Tradit...
Talk On ‘Coping With The Holidays After A Loss’
BRIDGEPORT — A presentation on “Coping with the Holidays After A...
Doggone Etiquette —
Winter Retirement
By Bardi McLennan
A Word to the Dog: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
How are you co...
178-Unit Project—
WSA Reaches Tentative Settlement
On Condo Complex Court Appeal
By Andrew Gorosko
Water & Sewer Authority (WSA) members this wee...
Free Japanese Film Showings Scheduled At NHS
By Eliza Hallabeck
A few weeks ago, Newtown High School junior Eric Song had an idea.
In just a few days his idea ...
Utility Customers Assistance Fund Boosted, Businesses To Testify
HARTFORD (AP) — Northeast Utilities says $10 million for a fund to help residential...
Going To Bat
For Chivalry
To the Editor:
Last Friday night, I went to a show with my wife and some Sandy Hook neighbors in Bridgeport. (These neighbors are the...
Charter’s ‘Movies For Food’ Supports Local Food Banks
The sight of empty shelves at local food pantries is an all-to-often ...
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).