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‘Region 16’
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Aliciene named region’s Teacher of the Year
PROSPECT — Work hard and you can become a star. That message is one which Karen Aliciene, a sixth-grade language arts teacher at Long River Middle School, communicates to her students on a regular basis. She tells them that if they put in the effort, they each have the ability to become a star... »
Region 16 cuts back on unhealthy foods
Local students will have to go outside of their schools if they hope to satisfy their junk food fixes. Region 16, along with the state of Connecticut, is cracking down on the quality of food served in school and limiting students’ choices to healthy foods. Earlier this month, the state Department of Education updated... »
School board won’t fund waterline project
The Region 16 school board last week rejected Prospect Mayor Robert Chatfield’s request for a $40,000 payment to help defray the cost of installing a new waterline, which will abut an undeveloped tract on Talmadge Hill Road owned by the school system. The $40,000, along with $176,000 each from two privately-owned companies whose properties... »
Prospect must raise funds to secure grant
PROSPECT — The town is looking to put in a two-mile waterline on New Haven Road (Route 69). Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) contacted Mayor Robert Chatfield in January and April in reference to a federal waterline grant worth $495,000. After what Chatfield called “administrative costs,” the grant would be worth $488,000. The town is... »
Recently adopted books exemplify new tech
Heavy backpacks might not be a concern of local doctors and parents for too much longer. The Region 16 Board of Education recently approved the adoption of three new Glencoe science books that come with software and access to an interactive website, which provides study tools and resources to students. Though web resources have... »
Textbook funding on a “maintenance budget”
The Region 16 school district will spend about three times as much as Naugatuck Public Schools, per pupil, on textbooks in 2010-11. Region 16, which serves 2,584 Beacon Falls and Prospect students this year, will spend $93,939, or approximately $36 per pupil, on textbooks in 2010-11. Naugatuck schools claim 4,767 students this year, and... »
Region 16 budget squeaks by at referendum
PROSPECT — The support of Prospect voters was enough to counteract Beacon Falls’ rejection, and a $36.6 million Region 16 school budget passed at referendum Tuesday, 831-722. In Prospect, the tally was 522-389, in favor of the budget; in Beacon Falls, it was 333-309, against. About 16 percent of registered voters in the district... »
Region 16 budget set for May 4 referendum
PROSPECT — The Region 16 Board of Education will learn next week whether it has satisfied taxpayers’ desire to keep spending under control when a $36.6 million school budget goes to referendum. The district will hold its annual meeting Monday at 7 p.m. at Woodland Regional High School, then open polls from 6 a.m.-8... »
Long River roof project passes with 82%
PROSPECT — On yet another day when merciless rain seeped through Long River Middle School’s porous roof, the building got a reprieve that didn’t involve drip-catching buckets. Region 16 voters approved a $1.9 million replacement project, 692-157, at a referendum Tuesday. “It’s just time,” Beacon Falls Selectman Mike Krenesky said, moments after he cast... »
Latest R16 budget cuts leave 1.93% increase
PROSPECT — Communications from municipal insurance brokers have generally been bad news bulletins this budget season, but Region 16 Superintendent of Schools Jim Agostine told the Board of Education last Wednesday at Long River Middle School that his latest correspondence with the district’s representative, Paul Lewis of Lindberg and Ripple, Inc., defied the trend.... »