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"Once Again the Adage is True — $$ Talks"

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

 

BETHEL: "Who wants to bet that in 'early 2013' when the library is supposed to finally be finished... that instead of a ribbon cutting ceremony, we'll get another sign out front of the building begging for more money.... anyone want to wager?" wrote this in response to news the

GREENWICH: "Rich kid from Rye with issues and [everyone] goes bonkers. Poor kids from minority areas go missing no one goes bonkers. Once again the adage is true — $$ talks." wrote this in response to news that

GREENWICH: "I cannot believe the posters who are resentful of the attention given to this missing child, runaway or not, The answer is giving MORE attention to others in the same way this family did, not resenting and wanting LESS attention for this child." also responded

NORWALK: "Quality of work is GREAT!" wrote this in his review of .

WILTON: "God forbid we have a free market system which works, our kids might actually learn something, become independent, and not need government handouts to survive." wrote this in response to this week's "Patch Back" column, which explore the

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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.