Richard L May 22, 2013 at 02:24 pm
I used to live in Westchester, NY. My taxes were 4x what I pay today living in Danbury. Semmas, Do…Read More you want to pay the same taxes they do in Westchester? My opinion is that Danbury is a model city that is doing the right things by keeping taxes down. Doxy, do you really think having your gov't pick up the trash will be a "boom" to our local community? Town garbage pick up will only bring higher taxes which in essence, would mean less in the pockets of taxpayers to buy what they want to buy. I pay $30/mo for private garbage and I, as a taxpayer, don't have to worry about a town employee's future pension plan contributions, health insurance, and all other expenses (buying garbage trucks) that go along with having the Danbury town pick up my trash. Lets keep private companies picking up the trash and keep our town taxes the way they are, thank you! :o)
Doxy May 22, 2013 at 07:19 am
These are commendable efforts, but collecting big trash may be too big a burden to leave to our…Read More local downtown business people. Can you imagine having someone dump a mattress in your driveway? I agree with Semmas, that municipal downtown trash collection would be a real boon to our community. Better enforcement would sure help too.
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All Boards » Soccer May 20, 2013 at 06:27 pm
g, Let's throw out some more numbers...
Here is a site to look at:…Read More
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/PDF/dgm/report1/basiccon.pdf
This is the Connecticut State Department of Education
Bureau of Grants Management spreadsheet. It shows and compares what Danbury is paying per student compared to the rest of the state.
Looking at the numbers, out of the 170+ districts in the state, Danbury pays the 8th LEAST amount per pupil.
Out of the 10 districts in Connecticut that have over 10,000 students, Danbury ranks 2nd LOWEST in the state. This amount is about $3,000 less per pupil than the average of the state and the average of districts with 10,000+ students.
g May 20, 2013 at 01:33 pm
Good afternoon Jessica,
Danbury plans to spend approximately $114,000,000 on teaching staff salary…Read More and benefits for the next school year per the school budget here - http://www.danbury.k12.ct.us/bbadmin/Budget/2012-2013%20budget.pdf the total budget is $121,000,000.
Teachers, administrators, contracted professionals, staff enrichment programs, staff insurance, and the rest comprise about 95% of the school system budget. See staff cost summary on page 8 of the report. You'll also note our board of education plans to spend a bit more than 3 million dollars on supplies and materials plus a million on equipment.
The budget represents a 5% increase from the prior year. On our district home page - http://www.danbury.k12.ct.us/ it says Danbury has 10,300 my calculator tells me that's about $12,000 per child in the district.
With $12,000 per child, why are teachers paying for supplies? Hmm ... let me think ... 95% of the budget goes to staff salary and benefits for the long 185 day year .... I have a guess where the money goes. Do you?
Black People are ANIMALS May 16, 2013 at 12:18 pm
You should invite all the spics to the lake to go swimming. The Squantzter is usually hungry this…Read More time of year.
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