The dramatic choral and orchestral composition with text by Walt Whitman will be performed at Naugatuck Valley Community College Fine Arts Center on Sunday, Jun...
SHOP Beer & Wine Tasting Will Benefit Many
Learn more about the Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity (SHOP) during its fundraiser on Saturday, June 16, at 7 p...
The dramatic choral and orchestral composition with text by Walt Whitman will be performed at Naugatuck Valley Community College Fine Arts Center on Sunday, Jun...
Customer Appreciation Day
At Andrea’s Bake Shop
Tony Posca, owner of Andrea’s Bake Shop, will host an Appreciation Day for loyal custom...
Shaw Wins Pegasus Horse Show Award
Amid a cheering crowd of family, friends, and proud instructors, student Isabel Shaw, of Newtwon, earned her classâ€	...
Sparks Second In Kick-Off Tournament
 The U11 Sparks girls’ soccer team placed second in Newtown Soccer Club’s 30th Annual Newtown Kick...
Referendum Looms—
Llodra Defends Fund Balance
By John Voket
Facing questions and requests for clarification from residents, First Selectman Pat Llod...
Black Hawks Win Wooden Bat Tournament
The Babe Ruth 14U Newtown Black Hawks defeated New Milford on Monday to win the Pomperaug Wooden Bat Memorial Day Weekend ...
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).