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Residents urge Shelton Board of Aldermen to fully fund Board of Education at budget hearing
Summary
At a public hearing on the Shelton City budget, parents, teachers and a long-serving Board of Education member urged aldermen to reject a proposed $3 million cut and fully fund the school district’s $83.7 million request, citing potential layoffs and service reductions.
At a public hearing on the Shelton City budget, residents urged the Shelton Board of Aldermen to fully fund the Board of Education’s proposed $83,700,000 budget and reject what commenters described as a $3,000,000 reduction proposed by Mayor Mike Moretti.
The request for full funding was repeated by several speakers during the hearing. A resident who identified themself as a seven-term member of the Shelton Board of Education said the mayor’s recommendation — though $1,000,000 higher than the board received last year — would still leave the district “almost $3,000,000 short of our request,” and warned that shortfalls “could be devastating to the school system and could possibly, but not necessarily, include such things as multiple…
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