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2012-13 School Budget

Schools 08/01/12

Expedited Funds Expected To Reinstate Teachers In Norwalk

by Nancy Guenther Chapman   Comments (3)

NORWALK, Conn. – Some of Norwalk's laid-off teachers may be reinstated after the school district received money from the federal government, a trio of Norwalk officials said Tuesday in a statement.

The ...

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Opinion 07/17/12

Letter: Coming To Grips With Norwalk's Budget Saga

by Councilman Bruce Kimmel (D-District D)   Comments (3)

NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk.DailyVoice.com accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Letters may be emailed to letters@dailyvoice.com.

To the Editor,

Now that this year's extended ...

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Schools 07/13/12

Revised Norwalk School Budget Passes Unanimously

by Nancy Guenther Chapman   Comment
Schools 07/11/12

Norwalk School Board To Examine Superintendent's Plan

by Nancy Guenther Chapman   Comments (2)

NORWALK, Conn. – New details emerged Tuesday evening regarding Superintendent Susan Marks' plan to restore jobs in the Norwalk schools as city boards continue to struggle to set a spending plan for the school ...

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Politics 07/10/12

Demonstrators Hope To Open Norwalk's Purse Strings

by Nancy Guenther Chapman   Comments (4)

NORWALK, Conn. – When Norwalk's by-the-numbers members of the Board of Estimate and Taxation meet Wednesday, a lot of emotional people will be staring at them in Concert Hall, hoping to make their point, even if ...

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Opinion 07/10/12

Letter: Norwalk GOP Is Playing Politics

by Common Councilman Matt Miklave (D-District A)   Comments (9)
Opinion 07/03/12

Letter: No Transparency In Norwalk Budget Process

by Lynne Moore, Ph. D., West Rocks Middle School principal   Comments (1)

NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk.DailyVoice.com accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Letters may be emailed to letters@dailyvoice.com.

To the Editor,

A school district budget is not an arithmetic problem. A budget should be the district's long range student education plan. The current reconciliation plan is simply an arithmetic problem to arrive at the ...

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Opinion 07/03/12

Letter: Please, No More Money For Norwalk Schools

by Dianne Witkowsky, Norwalk resident   Comments (15)

NORWALK, Conn. — The Norwalk Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Letters may be e-mailed to letters@dailyvoice.com.

To the Editor,
Norwalk leaders: stop the bail outs on the backs of already struggling taxpayers and try a little tough love for a change. Oak Hills, NEON, developers looking for loans and our public school ...

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Schools 07/01/12

Norwalk Third-Graders Expect Classroom Crunch

by Nancy Guenther Chapman   Comment

NORWALK, Conn. – Noise is on the mind of some of Norwalk's school children, heading into third grade at Naramake Elementary School.

"I don't want them to get 30 kids in our classroom," said Carly ...

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Schools 07/01/12

Norwalk Teacher Salaries Compare Well Statewide

by Nancy Guenther Chapman   Comments (21)

NORWALK, Conn. – A newly hired Norwalk teacher with a bachelor's degree will earn more in his or her first year than a teacher in Stamford or Danbury, according to information made available online by ConnCAN, an ...

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Opinion 07/01/12

Letter: Norwalk Board Of Education Shortfall Is Misunderstood

by Jack Chiaramonte, Board of Education chairman   Comments (35)

 

NORWALK, Conn. — The Norwalk Daily Voice accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Letters may be e-mailed to letters@dailyvoice.com.

To the Editor,
Once again, I look at the editorials in the press and am amazed at the misinformation that is in our community concerning the Board of Education budget. I offer ...

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Politics 06/29/12

Norwalk Mom 'Dismayed' By School Funding Debate

by Nancy Guenther Chapman   Comments (7)

NORWALK, Conn. – It isn't just that Grace Bustell doesn't know what will happen when she reaches seventh grade in the fall – it's that she doesn't even know if she will be in Norwalk, the only home she has ever ...

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Politics 06/27/12

Pressured Council Tells Norwalk: Spend The Money

by Nancy Guenther Chapman   Comments (23)

NORWALK, Conn. – Faced with an overflowing crowd of sign-carrying parents, children and administrators, Norwalk's often contentiously partisan Common Council voted in unison Tuesday night to approve a non-binding ...

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Schools 06/26/12

Norwalk Gives Schools Funds To Offset Budget Cuts

by Casey Donahue   Comments (6)
Politics 06/25/12

Norwalk Republicans: Rainy Day Fund Not The Answer

by Nancy Guenther Chapman   Comments (25)

NORWALK, Conn. – Sparks have been flying in public over the Norwalk School District's budget, and rumor has it things have been tense behind closed doors as well.

Democrats on the Common Council are again ...

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Opinion 06/25/12

Letter From Norwalk Mom: I Feel Like A Fool

by Donna Ackerman, Norwalk native   Comments (8)

NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk.DailyVoice.com accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Letters may be e-mailed to letters@dailyvoice.com.

(This is a copy of a letter sent to members of Norwalk's delegation to the Connecticut  Legislature.)

To the Editor,
I grew up in Norwalk and went to Norwalk schools. When I decided to move back to ...

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Opinion 06/25/12

Letter: Support Resolution, Save Norwalk Schools

by Anthony Ditrio, Kendall principal, & Bruce Levine Mellion, president, Norwalk Federation of Teachers   Comments (2)

NORWALK, Conn. — Norwalk.DailyVoice.com accepts signed, original letters to the editor. Letters may be e-mailed to letters@dailyvoice.com.

To the Editor,

At 8 p.m. Tuesday the Common Council will take up a resolution that could provide as much as $1.8 million dollars in funding for the Norwalk Public Schools.  This is a critical time for Norwalk and ...

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Schools 06/25/12

Norwalk's Mayor Works To Restore School Libraries

by Nancy Guenther Chapman   Comments (2)

NORWALK, Conn. – Aaron Hull had questions for the chairperson of the Norwalk Board of Education following a vote last week to authorize extensive layoffs of teachers, administrators and school aides.

"Why ...

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Schools 06/22/12

Norwalk Parents Plan Third Rally for Schools

by Nancy Guenther Chapman   Comments (7)

NORWALK, Conn. – Norwalk parents again are being asked to make their presence known on the lawn of City Hall.

"Our schools and our city will die without immediate action," writes Barbara Smyth in her ...

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Schools 06/22/12

'Legal' Norwalk School Budget Passes, May Be Amended

by Nancy Guenther Chapman   Comments (2)

NORWALK, Conn. – Cuts to the Norwalk school budget adopted Thursday night were  described as "devastating" and "painful" by members of the Board of Education, who voted 6 to 1 to enact Superintendent ...

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