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'The Commuters Deserve to be Treated Fairly'

A look at the day's comments from Patch account holders in the region.

 

"Seriously? Show me one candidate that hasn't accepted money from Hedge Funds and Wall Street...and then I'll vote for them. NO ONE is truly out for the Middle Class...but they'll sure miss us when we're gone." —

"I just told my husband that if I have to walk 1/4 mile to the train station every day (in rain and snow and heat, etc.) I will retire before that happens. Work on fixing the structure that is there for all of us. The commuters deserve to be treated fairly." —

"That's a pretty expensive iPhone..." —

"Hopefully when the trees come down, the owners of those hideous looking buildings will renovate them. Along with the Post Office building, the store fronts along that stretch are some of the ugliest looking buildings in all of New Canaan, if not Fairfield County. They look like relics from the 50"s An absolute disgrace to the town." —

"where are all the obama loving tree-huggers????" —-

"He is lucky there were tasters...he otherwise would have gotten shot for this stunt!!" —

"So you can shoot someone for being naked in your house, but if someone tries to run you over and punches you you can't throw a cell phone at them? Is there any difference between hitting someone with a car and hitting someone with a cell phone? (Note to self -- leave the cell phone in pocket, use a car -- it's more efficient and the penalty is the same.)" —  

"Shouldn't the big story here be 'Woman trys to run over boyfriend with her car'?" —

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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.