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Conn. Workers Call For Raising The Minimum Wage
By Shannon Young
Associated Press
HARTFORD — Low-wage workers, economists, and others are pushing l...
Newtown Students Honored At State Science Horizons Fair
By Eliza Hallabeck
A number of Newtown students were recognized for their efforts in the regional level ...
League of Women Voters To Sponsor Death Penalty Discussion
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When Someone Has An Advancing Illness
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Correction
The Community Calendar listing for Sunday, March 4, in last week’s Newtown Bee included an incorrect start time for one of The Last Suppe...
Waldorf School To Offer Sample Class
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Colin Patrick
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Assisted Living Costs Soar While Skilled Nursing Facility Prices Drop
NORWALK — Despite the sputtering economy and an uncertain investment climate, ...
Hoyt Earns Conference Honors
Keene State College track runner Kevin Hoyt, of Newtown, received the Little East Conference track and athlete of the week for this...
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).