NORTH STONINGTON — What is the definition of “capital,” and what policies will best serve to both maintain a sustainable long-term capital improvement plan and protect the community in the
Faculty members back a K-12 teacher who distributed a list of terms about race and gender to high school students. Some say more of this kind of allyship is needed as public education faces divisive concepts and book bans amid teacher shortages.
Dozens of Southern Connecticut State University faculty members sent a letter to the Southington Board of Education Monday, calling the opposition to a sophomore English teacher’s vocabulary packet on race and gender a “politically motivated attack on free speech."
East Lyme Taxpayers voted at the end of Monday night s hybrid town meeting through a chorus of ayes from those in the high school auditorium and a show of hands from those accessing the meeting remotely to adjourn to a referendum vote on the proposed $77.9 million budget for 2021-22.
The referendum will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 19, at the East Lyme Community Center.
The finance board s proposed budget comes in at $52.21 million for education, $19.38 million for general government, $5.72 million for debt service and $683,113 for capital. The total represents an increase of $1.80 million, or 2.37%, compared to the current budget.