The Newtown High School Marching Band & Guard scored 80.5 in a Group Two Open competition at New Milford High School on September 24, earning the first-place score.
With the Board of Education’s discussion at its September 20 meeting, the district is closer to posting the job opening for its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) coordinator.
The skills students need to succeed are teachable, as those who tuned in for a recent C.H. Booth Library virtual author talk with Dr Michele Borba learned.
Newtown Public Schools Director of Visual and Performing Arts Michelle Hiscavich is excited for the 2022-23 school year, and she has a good reason for that excitement.
With the first full week for Newtown Public Schools concluded, Superintendent Chris Melillo spent a few minutes with The Newtown Bee reflecting on education, transportation, and more.
St Rose of Lima School’s upcoming Blooms Benefit Dinner is set to honor Sister Thaddeus Rajca, CSFN, along with raising funds to help support affordable tuition rates.
The voters spoke, loud and clear that they support our schools and municipal services. The majority vote was a mandate to keep delivering well rated education services and keep it" Nicer in Newtown."
Thank you LeReine, for speaking out about this. The list of public servants who are unfairly targeted for abuse just for doing their jobs has been growing. It is a testament to the power of propaganda that otherwise good and well-meaning people can get so emotional as to act out in this way.
While I respect the outcome of the referendum, I’m disappointed by the way this budget was presented and passed. A 6.72% tax increase and a mill rate jump to 28.78 may have been framed as “just a few dollars a day,” but for many families in town — especially those already stretched thin — those “few dollars” add up quickly.
It’s frustrating to see large increases minimized in this way, and I worry that next year we’ll hear, “It’s only a little more than last year,” as if that justifies an ongoing trend of rising taxes. This year’s combined municipal and education budgets total over $141 million — that’s a significant sum.
All of the referendums deserve to be pasted. We have a history of deferring needed maintenance and then paying more years later. These are required to keep our town owned building and roads in working condition.
