BY ANDREAS YILMA
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
BEACON FALLS Region 16 School District voters will have a double referendum on May 2, one for the proposed $43 million school budget and the other for the revised referendum for the capital improvement project of the proposed all-purpose turf field for Wo
BY ANDREAS YILMA
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
BEACON FALLS The Region 16 Board of Education suspended Superintendent of Schools Michael Yamin for two weeks without pay with some conditions after he was charged with reckless driving last September in Florida.
Those conditions include that Yamin
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By Elio Gugliotti, Editor
BEACON FALLS The Region 16 Board of Education has reached terms on a new, three-year contract with the union that represents secretaries, nurses, custodians and other support staff in the district.
The school board on May 12 unanimously approved the contract with the United Public Service Employees Union Local 424. The union represents about 150 employees in the region, which is comprised of Beacon Falls and Prospect. The union also represents paraprofessionals, maintenance staff, cafeteria workers, security staff and technical support technicians.
The contract covers from July 1 through June 30, 2024. Under the contract, employees will receive a 2.5% raise in the first year, but won’t move up a step on the salary scale. In the second and third year, employees will get a 2% raise and move up a step.
By Elio Gugliotti, Editor
PROSPECT Voters on May 3 overwhelmingly approved Region 16’s $40.9 million 2021-22 school budget at a district meeting.
The spending plan passed by a 67-1 vote. The budget increases overall school spending in the region, which is comprised of Beacon Falls and Prospect, by $253,657.
“It’s a very well-thought-out budget. It supports our students,” school board Chairman Priscilla Cretella said after the vote.
The roughly 0.6% budget increase is the first one in the region in three years. The budget includes implementing new math curriculum Illustrative Math and SAVVAS-Envision for grades six through 12, and replacing interactive boards in classrooms as of part technology upgrades.