Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue offered union and contracted services updates with the Board of Education at its March 26 special meeting.
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Fairfield Hills Hospital workers upset with the planned closure of the state psychiatric institution rallied Wednesday on the steps of the a...
Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue recently shared her gratitude for district parents, educators, staff, leadership team members, and Assistant Superi...
Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue released a letter to district parents and staff on March 29.
The letter offered resources and updates on distance l...
UPDATE: This story was updated at 11:30 am on April 3 to include some added thoughts about Joe Borst from community members.
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April may be World Autism Month, but for Linda Jones who is founder of the local autism support nonprofit Families United in Newtown (FUN), every day provides a...
Occupation: I have been with the Newtown Police Department since 2004, and I have been a patrol sergeant since 2014. I always had an inclination I wanted to...
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).