CN Headlines 4-16-10
State Rep. Theresa Conroy (D-15th District) announces her reelection bid, and the Naugatuck Board of Education budget situation continues to intensify.
Some support tax hike to fund education
NAUGATUCK — “More taxes, please.”
That was the plea of several borough residents who spoke at the Board of Education’s 2010-11 budget hearing last Thursday;...
School chief will retire in 2012
NAUGATUCK — Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Tindall-Gibson, who has long been blamed, at least partially, by the public, borough officials and even subordinate...
Board to consider shortening school year
NAUGATUCK — The school board will consider increasing student activity fees by 50 percent and lopping two days off the school year—cutting its length...
Taxpayers, students decry school closure
NAUGATUCK — Borough taxpayers and their children turned out in force at the Board of Education’s regular meeting last Thursday to voice their objections...
Save Salem School petition circulating
NAUGATUCK — The first organized effort to save the historic Salem Elementary School is under way.
The two top members of the school's Parent School...
BOE votes to switch benefits manager
NAUGATUCK — A month ago, the Board of Education was $7 million away from reconciling what will likely be a zero-percent budget increase for...
Historic school will close its doors
NAUGATUCK — The Board of Education voted, 5-3, Tuesday night to take Salem Elementary School offline and turn the building over to the borough,...
Borough BOE considering insurance switch
NAUGATUCK — Faculty and staff employed by the Board of Education may see their health insurance policy manager change from Anthem Blue Cross and...
Parents speak out at BOE forum
NAUGATUCK — The school board believes it can save between $1.2 million and $1.6 million through a reconfiguration plan that would close one school...