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"High School Kids Who Play Sports Are Not Athletes"

The day's best comments from Patch account-holders in our Fairfield County towns.

 

(WESTPORT): “I work with adults from other countries, I am keenly aware of their amazement that parents in the US think believe the primary task of adulthood is to be "happy." So said this Westport Patch user on a or how much parental involvement has to do with that.

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(DARIEN): “Love their burgers, really juicy, great buns and really good prices. Service is terrific too!” —That’s how Dunn Glenbar (not to be confused with the prolific ) rates in Darien as part of this week’s Readers’ Choice contest on Best Burger in town.

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Helen DeNitto (NEWTOWN): “Five Guys and Fries”—That’s Helen’s favorite burger spot in Newtown, according to her post on the Newtown Patch Facebook page, giving some visibility to that .

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(RIDGEFIELD): “High School kids who play sports are not athletes.”—It’s definitely worth reading the in this week’s installment of “Patch In” from , a piece that looks at how much we (over)value youth sports.

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(SHELTON): “These jerks won't be deterred until the law is enforced and the "artists" are fined as well as made to restore the damage they cause.”—Strong words from Mr. Skudlarek about a : Graffiti downtown. See the photos on this story.

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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.