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Volunteers Needed: NYS is moving in early 2004 and is seeking assistance. This is also a great opportunity for community service! Please call NYS if...
Masella Named All-Tournament
Lisa Masella of Newtown, a sophomore center for the Western New England College women’s basketball team, was selected ...
Public Schools Will Present Winter Concerts
Students in Newtown’s public schools system will begin presenting their winter concerts on Monday, Decem...
Gospel Choir To Offer Musical Joy
WOODBURY — The Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC) Gospel Choir, under the direction of James Hurdle, will p...
The Connecticut Blue Devils U16 travel softball team is searching for experienced players for competitive summer fastpitch softball. Tryouts will begin in Janua...
Playhouse On The Green Announces A Holiday Festival
BRIDGEPORT — Playhouse on the Green will host “Playhouse Holiday Festivalâ€	...
The Many Moods
Of Christmas
FAIRFIELD — “The Many Moods of Christmas” is the theme for the Fairfield University Glee Clubâ&...
Christmas Boutique At St Rose
The third annual “You Can Never Have Enough Christmas,” a boutique of holiday treasures from around the wo...
‘Messiah’ By Trinity Choir Of Men & Boys
NEW HAVEN – The Trinity Choir of Men and Boys of Trinity Church on the Green will p...
Genealogy Club To Meet Dec. 10
The Genealogy Club of Newtown will meet on Wednesday, December 10, at the Cyrenius H. Booth Library in Newtown beginning at 7 pm....
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).