GOP Plans
Blues Bash
NEW HAVEN — The Connecticut Republican Party will hold its third annual “Blues Christmas Party” at the ...
A Little Off The Back
The rear section of the building at Church Hill Gas Stop that formerly housed a tire shop was torn down earlier this week. All that remain...
Officials Try To Block BHC Sale
By Steve Bigham
State and local officials are trying to develop a new strategy to stave off the sale of the Bridgeport Hydraulic...
Openings Available For Christmas
Bird Count
SOUTHBURY — This year the Bent of the River staff will again join Western Connecticut Bird Club as they...
‘Child’s Christmas’ Will Be A Special Gift By Town Players Next Weekend
A very special treat is being prepared for all the...
The Legislative Council Wednesday reelected Melissa Pilchard (vice chairperson) and Pierre Rochman (chairperson). Mr Rochman was elected unanimously. Mrs Pilcha...
‘Messiah’ Sing-In At Yale
NEW HAVEN — The 17th Annual Sing-In of Handel’s Messiah will be held Sunday, December ...
CACLD Adopts New Name
EAST NORWALK — The Connecticut Association for Children with Learning Disabilities has changed its name. It is now known as th...
Friday, December 10
 Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials, 12:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall, Pocono Road, Brookfield.
Sandy Hook Tree Lighting, 6 ...
Coloratura Soprano In Weston, Saturday
WESTON — Encouraged by no less than supreme opera diva Beverly Sills, Renata di Pietro has surmounted the han...
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).