Theresa Vogt

On School Spending, PART 4: Statements from Budget Hearing

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Here are statements on improving teaching, teaching the gifted and supporting Schools Superintendent Dan Brenner, all from the Board of Education’s Feb. 2 public hearing on the school budget. Darienite.com will publish the full text of every statement from the public hearing that we receive by email If you didn’t give your statement to the CDSP, please email it to us at dave@darienite.com; we encourage readers to send in letters to the editor on this or any other topic by emailing to the same address. _______________

See also:

Superintendent Proposes 3.85% Increase in Darien Education Budget (Jan. 8)
Support for Early Learning Program, Teacher Training at Board of Ed Budget Hearing (main article, Feb.

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On School Spending, PART 3: Statements from Budget Hearing

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Here are several more statements from the Board of Education’s Feb. 2 public hearing on the school budget. All three of these statements were made on behalf of the Council of Darien School Parents. They were presented by Wendy Ward (on technology), Tara Ochman (on the capital budget) and Karen Wilber and Beth Lane on the World Language Program. Darienite.com will publish the full text of every statement from the public hearing that we receive by email If you didn’t give your statement to the CDSP, please email it to us at dave@darienite.com; we encourage readers to send in letters to the editor on this or any other topic by emailing to the same address.

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On School Spending, PART 2: What Parent Groups Said About Special Ed at Feb 2 Hearing

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Here are more statements from parents and parent-teacher organizations about Darien special education spending, from the Feb. 2 Board of Education public hearing. These statements are from co-chairs of the Darien Special Education Parent Advisory Committee (SEPAC) and from the Council of Darien School Parents special education subcommittee. Darienite.com will publish the full text of every statement from the public hearing that we receive by email If you didn’t give your statement to the CDSP, please email it to us at dave@darienite.com; we encourage readers to send in letters to the editor on this or any other topic by emailing to the same address. _______________

See also:

Superintendent Proposes 3.85% Increase in Darien Education Budget (Jan.

Jill McCammon

On School Spending, PART 1: Statements at Feb 2 Budget Hearing

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You can get some insight into the priorities and concerns of Darien parents and parent-teacher organizations from these statements made at the Feb. 2 public hearing on the superintendent’s proposed budget. Here are statements from Cathy Butcher, budget chair for the Council of Darien School Parents (CDSP); Jill McCammon and Shelly Skoglund, co-chairs of the CDSP; and Peter Orphanos, speaking for the Darien High School Parents Association. Darienite.com will publish every statement from the public hearing that we receive by email (if you didn’t give your statement to the CDSP, please email it to us at dave@darienite.com; we encourage readers to send in letters to the editor on this or any other topic by emailing to the same address; statements may not necessarily be published on the home page). ____________

See also:

Support for Early Learning Program, Teacher Training at Board of Ed Budget Hearing (main article, Feb.