DUI Arrest
After learning that police held a warrant for his arrest, Jeffrey Rushworth, 49, of West Haven went to the police station on the afternoon of No...
James Richard Leach
A Generous Spirit
James Richard Leach, 59, resident of Priest River, Idaho, died at home, of natural causes, October 5.
Mr Leach was t...
Giorno & Harmon Tourney November 20
The 8th Annual Giorno & Harmon Memorial 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament will be held on Saturday, November 20, at the Newtown Y...
Kolam
A New Experience Of Age-Old Traditions Of Indian Cuisine
“Kolam” is the age-old tradition in south India of drawing intr...
Friday, November 5
World Community Day celebration, 6 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, suggested donation $5, Church Women United celebra...
Gone But Still Connected
To Newtown
To the Editor:
To my many friends in Newtown, I am settled in my new home in Charlotte, N.C., and will stay connected to th...
James F.
McKenna III
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James “Tres” F. McKenna III, 44, ...
Nancy B.
Hammar
Beloved Wife And Mother
Nancy B. Hammar, 73, longtime resident of Newtown, died peacefully in her home, October 29, surrounded by family a...
Regional DCF Office Promoting
‘Adoption Month’ With Sandy Hook Event
Thanksgiving may be America’s quintessential family ho...
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).