The Northern Fairfield Professionals, a networking group focusing on people in transition, will meet Tuesday, March 11, from 5:30 to 8 pm, at the Knights of Col...
Recent studies show only 20% of Americans are happy in all aspects of their life.
Which percentage are you a part of? Looking for a change? Feeling stuck? Wishi...
DEANSBORO, N.Y. — The Daniel Barden Highland Mudfest takes place this year on April 5, at MJK Farms in Deansboro, N.Y. The 5K obstacle race is organized and run...
The Working Women’s Forum, an association of local professionals and entrepreneurs, will feature “Refining Your Public Speaking: Deliver Your Message Effectivel...
To the Editor:
Last Saturday I attended a symposium at the Quinnipiac University School of Law called "Gun Laws, Public Health and the Prevalence of Gun Violen...
Josephine M. Kulowiec, 87, of Bridgewater and Redding died March 2. She was born in Stamford, January 5, 1927, the daughter of Stanislawa and John Poltrack.
Her...
Lingering snow may be on the ground with more in the forecast, and many are counting down the days until the beginning of spring, but Marie Athans is already th...
The Newtown Parent Connection, Inc., in partnership with Brookfield CARES, announces the return of its popular, parent education day Parent Empowerment Universi...
UPDATE: Please note this article has been corrected to reflect the correct start time of the March 18 Positive Discipline introductory class.
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To the Editor:
Below is what I shared with the Board of Finance on February 27.
There were some generalizations made about “Newtown teachers being the highest ...
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).