Newtown High School's girls' volleyball team dropped a 3-1 (25-21, 25-17, 19-25, 25-14) decision to Joel Barlow in the South-West Conference championship match,...
With the South-West Conference field hockey championship on the line, Newtown High School's defense found itself in familiar nerve-racking territory, facing a d...
Newtown High School will be hosting a Veterans Day Brunch on Friday, November 11, starting at 9:30 am, in the high school cafetorium, at the 12 Berkshire Road b...
With The Exceptional Partner Service Dogs' (TEPSD) pilot program successfully underway since January 2016, the nonprofit organization has announced the arrival ...
Newtown High School Principal Lorrie Rodrigue led a tour through the high school on Tuesday, November 1, as the Board of Education continued to look at potentia...
As thousands of professional from the field celebrated National Physical Therapy Month throughout October, Sharon Dunn, PT, PhD, president of the American Physi...
Nearly 100 friends, colleagues, supporters, and more than a few individuals who were deeply inspired by former First Selectman Joe Borst and retired School Supe...
St Rose of Lima School has scheduled a Scholastic Book Fair, open Saturday, November 12, and Sunday, November 13, with a special event on Saturday to celebrate ...
Correction: Diver Kiera Sughrue placed fourth, not fifth as was originally reported. The change has been made in this article.
Newtown High School's girls'...
Unfortunately as voter turnout continues to decline the chances of it increasing also decline. The LC and BOF already know that the budget will be approved by virtue of the low turnout so why try to make smart decisions? The so-called referendum is essentially just a rubber stamp. They will continue to increase the budget by 2-5% every year because it's low enough to not cause a pushback under the cover of "inflation" and "maintaining the schools." Sending the budget to vote with 9% turnout is meaningless and a waste of resources on April 23rd.
I have seen Mr. Pisani repeatedly assert in the pages of the Bee that Newtown schools are "testing at a failing 64.9%". I'd be curious if he could elaborate on this statistic, as I have been unable to verify it independently. Which test exactly is our school system failing? How do our schools compare to other towns? How does our score compare to historical measures? It's very hard to draw conclusions from a single data point, so here are a few more data points to think about for context: Newtown is consistently ranked among the top 20 school districts in CT by the US News and World Report and Niche, which consider a range of performance metrics in their rankings; on average, Newtown students perform similar to, if not better than, students in neighboring school districts on standardized math and reading tests; the only data point on the CT Department of Education District Report Card where Newtown "fails" -- that is, falls behind the state average -- is access to art instruction. I'm glad the council member has acknowledged in this letter what taxpayers in high-performing (and high-spending) school districts like Darien, New Canaan, and Westport already know: "School funding does impact student achievement." Please keep that in mind when you vote this week!