Region 16 teachers reject contract offer
PROSPECT — The Region 16 Board of Education and the Region 16 Teachers' Association are heading to arbitration to settle a new three-year teachers'...
Joint boards approve BOE bailout
NAUGATUCK — At a special meeting of the joint boards of Mayor and Burgesses and Finance on Tuesday, a wide, 16-3 majority approved an...
BOE to ask borough for $1m bailout
NAUGATUCK — Despite several members’ concerns about its autonomy, the Board of Education voted Thursday night to request almost $1 million from the borough government to close what remains of a $1.55 million budget deficit.
As conditions of the bailout, the board agreed to retain borough Controller Wayne McAllister as its business manager through next fiscal year and to switch its insurance broker from USI Insurance Services to CDC Kane Partners.
It also approved concession packages presented by labor unions, which total $592,126. The total sum the school board will request from the borough will not exceed $955,906.
Naugatuck teachers approve concessions
NAUGATUCK — Hours before the Board of Education was scheduled to meet Thursday, the Naugatuck Teachers’ League approved a concession packaged, worth an estimated...
Thursday’s BOE meeting relocated
NAUGATUCK — Thursday’s Board of Education meeting, at which the body is expected to vote on a solution to its $1.55 million budget shortfall,...
Seniors receive free health screening
NAGUATUCK — Naugatuck and surrounding area seniors had a rare chance to get their overall health examined free of charge last Thursday at the...
R16 BOE applauds student journalism
BEACON FALLS — “In my 37 years of teaching, I have never seen the level of quality in a student newspaper that I have...
Local business relationships symbiotic
NAUGATUCK — In ecology, symbiosis is loosely defined as a mutually beneficial relationship between two organisms. Certain species of clownfish, ants and tubeworms enjoy...
Online grade posting a success at WRHS
BEACON FALLS — Region 16 has taken grade posting to the next level with its account on Edline.com. Schools have used this program to...
