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'Are We a Financial Powerhouse, or Are We in Deep Trouble?'

Patch readers call it how they see it.

"Anyone to whom this is news? Anyone?" -

"When we come across a person who judges people by their gender, race, or sexual orientation, we are so quick to label them a sexist, racist or homophobe. People judge dogs by how they look and they create laws supporting this." -

"I would think that given Derby's education difficulties, the money would be better spent on educating their children. Derby and Shelton should pool their resources and share the expense and use the 'extra' money on something more valuable." -

"Remove it asap!! He's a disgrace, the board at Penn Station is a disgrace, in fact the entire school is a disgrace! I stated it before when it was a hot topic here; no way anyone involved with the program did not know what was going on - Common Sense! They are all crminals for allowing this man to continue to use the facilities, the program, and name of Penn Station to bring in these young boys." -

"The Ten Commandments are a pretty good guide. Our secular laws were based on them to some extent." -

"In 2012 we are cited as having the 44th worst economy as far as growing businesses, yet in 2011 we were sited as having the 9th fastest growing economy. Interesting. How do we reconcile this, for it seems to be contradictory. Are we a financial powerhouse, or are we in deep trouble?" -

"Is the town just waiting for another lawsuit to be filed before they act? Let's fix this problem. Yes, the new beach concession stand is lovely, but being able to drive down Route 1 during a rainstorm is important (same for Noroton Heights)." -

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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 salaryRead 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 thisRead More time of year.