Ed board fears overhauling local school funding fog
Connecticut educators weigh a path after a possible Supreme Court ruling striking local property taxes as unconstitutional for school funding. Officials fear loss of local control and worry education equality would rely on spending, not opportunity, amid calls for state funding shifts.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Connecticut
Westport Board of Education
Leonard Revins
Revins
Area teacher backs local control over funds
Weston Education Association President Robert Westervelt argues for local control of school funding and a local option to add community funds to state grants. He says state funding would limit district salary negotiations but could still allow teachers to be innovative in the classroom.
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Compo Beach
Aspetuck Valley Health District
William Spring
Carey Jeanne Walsh
Pelham
N.Y
Spring
Bob Mundy
Wilton Office
State Health Department
Westport
Jon Schiff
Weston Education Association
Robert Westervelt
Westport Education Association
David Harrison
Westervelt
Burger ruling leaves state redistricting in doubt for fall
May cancel elections leaving residents unsure if they vote from 1970 districts Laden plan Bork plan or a new map. Burger refuses to allow the Republican oriented Laden plan, creating a complex path to November as courts and state officials dispute the final districts.
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Mark Roth
U.S. Supreme Court
Warren’ Burger
Burger
Connecticut
Supreme Court
Robert Kill
Mohawks Win Weston Bow
Fragmentary clipping notes Mohawks victory and Weston bowing with references to pages 6 and 16. Readership is directed to Miami pages for full coverage.
Connecticut Court Lets Democratic Reapportionment Move Forward
Three-judge Hartford court approves a Democratic plan for U S Congressional districts drawing Weston and part of Westport into incumbent John Monagan’s Fifth District while shifting Bridgeport to Stewart McKinney’s Fourth District. Both parties oppose the changes and their impact on local candidates.
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Hartford
U.S
Connecticut
Weston
Westport
John Monagan
Bridgeport
Stewart McKinney
Wilton
New Canaan
Monagan Territory
Waterbury
John Bailey
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Greenwich
Westport-Weston Arts Council
Charles Daugherty
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