SHS Student Honors Martin Luther King, Jr, At State Capital
By Martha Coville
William Gottschalck, a third grade student at Sandy Hook School, impressed Dennis ...
Gary Thomas Eaton
NHS Class Of
1982 Graduate
Gary Thomas Eaton, 43, of Long Beach, Calif., husband of Kim (Yancey) Eaton and father of Alyssa Marie ...
Superintendent Presents School Budget Increase Of 6.74%
By Martha Coville
Schools Superintendent Janet Robinson said her proposed budget for the 2007-2008 schoo...
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Frederic Remington, “Friends or Foes? (The Scout),” circa 1900–05, oil on canvas, 27 by 40 inches. Sterling...
If The Media Are Eddie Haskell,
Are We Lumpy?
To the Editor:
Last week in a letter to The Newtown Bee, the media of today were described by using a â€	...
Two Infractions Issued For Underage Tobacco Sales
During a recent tobacco sting operation conducted at local businesses that sell cigarettes and tobacco product...
Heart Bypass May Beat Stents For Multiple Blockages
LOS ANGELES (AP) —Bypass surgery remains the best option for heart patients with more than one c...
Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of The ...
State Should Share
Traffic Fines
The following letter to State Senator John McKinney has been received for publication.
Dear Senator McKinney:
Recently, t...
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).