During Consumer Protection Week,
Take Care Of Basics
HARTFORD — Consumer Protection Week is the first week of March every year, and this year its a...
Chef Patrick Wilson swears that he is a Newtown resident, but I suspect that he is a world resident. Patrick received his World Chef Certification recently, an ...
You are never really playing against an opponent. You are playing against yourself, your own highest standards. And when you reach your limits, that is real joy...
Orchestrated False Allegations
To the Editor:
The February 27, 2009, issue of The Newtown Bee contained four vitriolic letters that were obviously orchestrated ...
Harold F. Carey
Owned Carey
Insurance Agency
Harold F. Carey, 91, of Newtown, died February 26 at Lockwood Lodge Assisted Living. He was born September 25...
Newtown Support Groups
Friday, March 6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion.
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‘Today’s Teen Magazine’ For Today’s Teen Parents
By Nancy K. Crevier
Two area women have joined forces to fill w...
Health Care Nonprofit Provides Hope In The Face Of Overwhelming Poverty In Haiti
By Nancy K. Crevier
There are those that have nothing, and those with less than...
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).