Malloy's Proposed Budget Cuts "Devastating" to Bethel Public Schools

Bethel Superintendent Christine Carver addressed Gov. Malloy's budget cuts in this week's newsletter to parents and community members.

Carver writes, "This Wednesday, Governor Malloy in his proposed budget proposed a significant cut to ECS or the Education Cost Sharing grant. For Bethel, the impact is devastating $3,878,245. This represents close to 9% of our budget. In last week’s newsletter, we discussed that my proposed budget would maintain all of our outstanding curricular and extracurricular programs. If the legislature approves this cut, it would mean major cuts to personnel and programs."

You can find out more about the impact to the town by clicking here

Carver encourages all to contact local legislators as well as Governor Malloy to let them know your feelings on the cuts:

 Governor Dannel Malloy - Email Contact for Dannel Malloy

 Senator Toni Boucher - Toni.Boucher@cga.ct.gov - 800-842-1421

 Senator Mike McLachlan - Michael.McLachlan@cga.ct.gov - 203-743-3147

 Representative Stephen Harding - Stephen.Harding@cga.ct.gov - 860-240-8700

 Representative Will Duff - William.Duff@cga.ct.gov - 860-241-0100