Shelton Budget
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Jodie Mozdzer Gil | Dec 9, 2010 10:25 pm
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If the Board of Education doesn’t receive an increase in its budget for 2011 – 2012, about 35 jobs could be in jeopardy.
That was a worst-case scenario floated by Superintendent Freeman Burr Thursday evening during his first presentation of the school budget proposal.
Burr presented two budget scenarios to the Board of Education finance committee. The finance committee did not vote on either proposal, and instead asked Burr to rework some items before presenting the plan to the full board next week.
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‘First Look At Shelton School Budget’
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Kate Ramunni | Jul 22, 2010 7:24 am
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The city’s school district Wednesday became the first in the Valley to partner with the Valley Community Foundation to establish an educational endowment fund.
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‘Valley Community Foundation Teams With Shelton Schools’
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Jodie Mozdzer Gil | Jun 3, 2010 9:39 pm
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The Board of Education Thursday apologetically proposed a “pay to play” policy that will require all athletes and some club members to pay at least $100, but no more than $700, to participate each year.
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‘Shelton Board of Ed Mulls ‘Pay to Play’’
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Melvin Mason | May 28, 2010 9:28 am
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Two weeks after the Board of Aldermen approved a $63.1 million budget for the Shelton school district, the Board of Education Thursday discussed the effects of the budget.
While the approved spending plan represents a $95,000 increase over current spending, school officials had requested $66.5 million in order to meet all their financial obligations.
With the approved budget, about 140 jobs will be eliminated.
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‘Shelton Budget: 14 Jobs Saved’
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Aly Shea | May 21, 2010 4:03 pm
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How badly do town leaders want a ‘Yes’ vote on the proposed $49.4 million budget?
They opened town hall on Friday — when it’s usually closed — to host a press conference in order to get the message out.
“We implore the taxpayers to exercise their democratic right and vote this Tuesday on the budget,” Board of Finance chairman Mark Thompson told a small group of reporters Friday afternoon.
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‘Seymour To Residents: Please Vote On Tuesday!’
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Jodie Mozdzer Gil | May 13, 2010 10:22 pm
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The Board of Aldermen approved a $111.3 million budget that keeps the tax rate steady and gives more money to the Board of Education.
It’s just not the kind of money the school district wanted.
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‘Shelton Budget: ‘$1.2 Million To Lay Off Teachers’’
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Jodie Mozdzer Gil | May 7, 2010 1:10 am
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The Board of Aldermen talked school funding Thursday at a workshop on the proposed $110.09 million budget.
School officials, parents and teachers packed the meeting room at Shelton city hall at 7:30 p.m. and stayed for more than three hours.
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‘RECAP: Shelton Budget Workshop’
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Jodie Mozdzer Gil | Apr 27, 2010 10:40 pm
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The Board of Aldermen will have a lot of public input to digest May 6 when it resumes deliberations on the city’s proposed $110.09 million budget.
And most of that input deals with precisely the scheduled topic for discussion — education spending.
Hundreds of people attended a public hearing on the budget proposal Tuesday night at Shelton Intermediate School. Several dozen spoke about their position on the budget proposal.
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‘Shelton Budget Debated’
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Staff | Apr 23, 2010 6:49 am
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The Shelton Board of Aldermen met Thursday night to hash out a proposed $110.09 million budget plan for 2010-11.
Among the highlights:
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‘RECAP: Shelton Budget Workshop’
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Jodie Mozdzer Gil | Apr 8, 2010 9:08 pm
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Shelton parents continued to push for more money in the school budget Thursday — overwhelming the public comment session before the Board of Aldermen meeting with pleas for more funding in the 2010 – 2011 budget.
About a dozen people spoke, highlighting concerns about teacher layoffs and program cuts that could result from the budget as it is proposed right now.
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‘Shelton Parents Continue Budget Fight’
