‘Annie’ For RTC
Newtown Republican Town Committee will benefit from a special presentation of Annie, the current production of Musicals ...
Gardening Fair Planned At Extension Center
The Fairfield County Extension Center will present a gardening fair on Saturday, August 14, from 1 to 4 pm.
Admissio...
Student’s World Perspective Grows At Leadership Conference
By Larissa Lytwyn
According to 17-year-old Newtown High School senior Sarah Hemingway, th...
Mattatuck Museum Sponsoring
Tour Of Private Gardens
WATERBURY — In conjunction with its current exhibit, “Back to Nature: City Parks and...
Conservation Commission Takes Up The Cause Of Trees
By Andrew Gorosko
The Conservation Commission is suggesting that the Legislative Council consider enacting a...
Strings Concert In Danbury
DANBURY — Danbury Music Centre invites the public to a free strings concert on Friday, August 20, at 7:30 pm, at Rogers P...
Savings Bank Of Danbury
Creates Foundation, Offers Grants
DANBURY — Savings Bank of Danbury has announced the formation of the Savings Bank of Dan...
Meditative Yoga And Breathing
WOODBURY — Woodbury Yoga Center will host a free Sunday evening program on August 8 with Vincent D’Alessio...
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).