33 Years Later, ‘Apple Tree’ Still Stands Up
By Julie Stern
EAST HADDAM — The idea for The Apple Tree was conceived in the...
Winter Concerts
At Newtown’s Schools
The Newtown Public Schools’ 1999 winter concert calendar has been released by the department of mu...
CT Chamber Orchestra Holiday Concert
NEW HAVEN — The Connecticut Chamber Orchestra, under musical director and conductor Sayard Stone, will present ...
‘Messiah’ Sing With Master Chorale
SOUTHBURY — The Connecticut Master Chorale will host a Messiah Sing-In, to which the publ...
RIDGEFIELD — The final session of Ridgefield Library’s Fictional Milestones of the Millennium series will offer a discussion of The Blue...
New Year’s Party In Sandy Hook
A New Year’s Eve Party on Friday, December 31, will be hosted by Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Co. T...
A Christmas Concert
At Sacred Heart
SOUTHBURY — The Christmas season will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Church on Sunday, December 19, at 3 pm, when...
Santa Claus will return to the area on Friday, December 10, arriving just in time to flip the switch for Sandy Hook’s Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremo...
Upzoning Draws Fire From Property Owners
By Andrew Gorosko
Property owners who would be affected by the Planning and Zoning Commission’s (P&Z) propo...
Concerts by Candlelight
WASHINGTON — Saint John’s Chorale will sing “A Ceremony of Carols,” by Benjamin Britten,...
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).