Classical Music, Fine Wines And Gardens Tours
Six years ago, Dr Z. Michael Taweh and his wife Jocelyn founded Kevin’s Community Center, a clinic co...
The Ashlar of Newtown Nursing Department will sponsor a free blood pressure screening Tuesday, September 16, from 10 am to noon, in the Lockwood Lodge Wellness ...
‘Total Joint Replacement’
Topic Of Next VNA Anniversary Program
Dr Ron Tietjen, chief of orthopedic surgery at Danbury Hospital, will b...
Jolie Grace Padula
Chris and Danah Padula of Southbury announce the birth of a daughter, Jolie Grace Padula, born August 16 at Danbury Hospital.
Jolie wei...
Four Motorists Charged With DUI During Enforcement Project
During a drunken driving enforcement project, which ran from August 15 through September 1, police c...
Do We Need Another Eight Homes?
To the Editor:
Once again the serenity and character of our town is being threatened by development in the form of an eight-lot ...
The 5K Road Race Results Are In (Placement, Name, Age, Town, Time)
 1    Matt Cullen               27M Bronxville NY           ...
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).