Congratulations to Diane Costallos who, after seven years of trying, was able to correctly identify a Bee’s Buck. Diane, along with Bee’...
Free BP Screening At Masonicare
The Masonicare at Newtown Nursing Department will sponsor a free blood pressure screening on Tuesday, January 18, from 10 am to ...
Robert R. Schwabe
Cherished Family And The Beauty Of Nature
Robert R. Schwabe, 75, of Fairfield, died December 25. He had been a resident of Fairfield for ...
NHS Girls Close Out 2010 With Tourney Win
By Andy Hutchison
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Redgrave To Read ‘Torture Team’ At Long Wharf
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Lyddy Sworn In For A Second Term
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Public Building Commissioners Working To Expand Roles On Local Projects
By John Voket
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NHS PTSA Meeting
Scheduled For Monday
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Horse Guard Recruit Training
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Margaret Theresa Parker Weiss
Beloved Mother,
Cherished Friend
Margaret Theresa Parker Weiss, 90, died peacefully December 19, in Dunwoody, Ga. She w...
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).