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rtgehdrmfgbhnpolkfjh May 17, 2013 at 02:19 pm
I understand the NL sends a number of its' Special Education students to Waterford Country School.…Read More According to the Department of Education website, this costs NL over $50K per year, plus the costs of services. Times seven or eight students, that means an excess of $400K. Does the Finance Director know how many kids will attend Waterford next year? Will these new programs take the place of outsourcing our Special Ed students?
LB May 18, 2013 at 08:38 am
My 15 year-old nephew video *taped* a school yard fight. That's it. He was not involved in the…Read More fight. His parents made him do the right thing and turn in the video tape to police. For this he received 18 months house arrest and 1 year in adult prison. He was handed a harsher punishment than the kid who was charged with assaulting the other kid *involved* in the fight. Lastly, in the video tape you can see a crowd of teens gathered around *holding their cell phones up* so they can tape it and take their own pictures. Funny, not one of them was arrested or charged. Would you like to rethink your uninformed response at this time?
Jim Hanna May 17, 2013 at 07:30 pm
@LB...Your nephew must have done something really bad for SUSAN B HANDY to to give him an…Read More appropriate sentence. Most of her rulings are as if she was scolding school kids. Your nephew was lucky to have Handy... she is a cake walk. My suggestion is to take a good look at your nephew and figure out why he got what he deserved... not to complain about the judge...He deserved what he got and more
LB May 17, 2013 at 04:52 pm
Judge Handy? Are you nuts? I wish that....woman...would rot in hell. She sentenced my nephew...a…Read More minor...to 1 year in ADULT prison for video taping a school yard fight. He wasn't involved in the fight and had nothing to do with it. He only taped it AND his parents handed over the tape to police the second they heard about it. Handy's a ____ who should retire of grounds on idiocy alone.
silas merrimack May 18, 2013 at 10:26 am
The Renzulli academy is a complete waste of money. It will also help contribute to racial isolation…Read More because many of the ESL students don't take CMTs yet, or can struggle with standardized forms of testing, yet excel in other ways. Since CMTs will be the primary determining factor racial isolation seems inevitable. Not to mention the overhead costs of literally opening another building? Most "normal" districts have a talented and gifted program worked into an existing school building, so the money remains with the students and doesn't go towards upkeep of yet another building. How about we offer students online classes? Create a program for gifted students within existing schools so that other students see those excellent student role models in front of them and aspire to be one of them? Seems like a total political move with no serious benefits for students.
Smell the desperation May 18, 2013 at 09:48 pm
Dirk, I'm begging you to change the format back. You are quickly be moving irrelevant because no on…Read More can find anything. Please review number of comments as proof of your demise. Save yourself.
Smell the desperation May 18, 2013 at 05:20 am
If you want to identify the problem, just look around that table. Please go away. You've screwed…Read More the fort up at every turn and you don't deserve another chance. Sternloff, Joplin, Johnson must go. And truth be told, with a few notable exception, the people making up the former nldc are there for their ego and their blind support of the aforementioned incompetents and their cocktail party relationships.
Tom Santos May 17, 2013 at 11:56 pm
Who is the fool that wants to blow $9 million dollars renumbering exit signs that have stood since…Read More the mid 60s? AS I understand it, the new exit numbers will correspond to the mile markers. So if the mile maker is 9.2, the exit number near that marker will be exit 9. However, the next exit is at marker 12.5, and the exit will be exit 13. Does that make sense? Who is going to pay for all the redesigning of the maps, the business owners who have spent thousands of dollars preparing literature showing which exit to take to get to their stores? As usual, the government wants to fix something that's not broken, and make it worse. The real problems don't get fixed. Get ready, next it'll be saying "we spent so much money renumbering all the highway exits, now we have to raise your taxes to pay the bill".
Corey Sipe May 17, 2013 at 10:16 pm
That's a good question. I assume it will show up as exit 9 once the new markers are installed but…Read More that's up to the GPS manufacturer to be aware of the change and reflect it on their software. However, it will only show up as exit 9 for for folks who update their GPS systems by plugging it into their computer and running update software. Many forget to update their systems regularly. The signs will be even more confusing as it will say "Exit 9: Old Exit 79A". I have seen those signs when PA highways did the changeover and it severely confuses those unfamiliar with the area the most. "Welcome to CT: Now It's time to Get Confused As We Call An Exit 2 Different Numbers For No Good Reason!"
LiveForFreedom May 17, 2013 at 09:54 pm
How will the Exit renumbering system affect the existing maps on the 100 of millions of automobile…Read More GPS units?
Will the Casino Exit show up as 79A or 9 on our automobile's GPS?
Spencer May 17, 2013 at 12:05 pm
I find it fascinating that this story isn't being covered by the State's media or even national…Read More media for that matter. Surely the Citizens of this country would LOVE to know what the aftermath of the historic Supreme Court's decision in the Government's favor??? Is this no longer news worthy??
Citizen Nate May 17, 2013 at 10:51 am
Please dissolve the NLDC/RCDA Mayor Finizio!!
How could the city let a land of such value be given…Read More away for a private entity to make a profit? Especially after tearing out the hearts of so many residences by enacting Eminent Domain, which was so highly contested by the city, and proving to be completely ignorant of the potential risks in speculating corporate and real estate growth. Shame on the city, let there be reparation!!
Michael Casteel May 17, 2013 at 09:32 am
What is really shocking is that so many supposedly intelligent people are surprised by this. I…Read More pointed out when they Stillman's were first awarded the development rights that their specialty was gaining control of a piece of land, then selling the rights without building so much as a shed. Clearly they were unable to find a sucker in this instance - despite the tax abatements and the fact they were getting the land for free. Will Mayor Finizio please keep his campaign promise now and dissolve the NLDC? At the very least clean house of the charlatans who were responsible for this travesty. Michael Joplin should be in prison for fraud, not heading up a public development agency. (I refer to his purchase of the Crocker House - and eventual default on a mortgage of over twice what he had invested in the property - how he managed to keep that money is beyond my comprehension) High density rental housing is the last thing New London needs more of. Form a new development agency whose board is comprised of at least 80% New London residents. Be patient - and stop getting into bed with every Music Man who comes to town selling boy's band uniforms.
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