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TALK from page 20
contact with the young people
out in town. ey speak in incorrect
English. … When are we
going to have good education
coming out of our schools? I’m
not getting a good bang for my
buck.”
Mala assured Hall that Avon’s
teachers work “diligently” on a
daily basis to teach students
proper English and that the high
SAT scores and college acceptances
indicate a high level of
achievement.
“What [students] say and do
doesn’t indicate how they perform,”
he said.
CLUES ACROSS
1. Fishing hook end
5. A jump forward
9. Girl entering society
12. Largest toad species
13. Measure = 198 liters
15. Jeff Bridges' brother
16. Past participle of be
17. SE Iraq seaport
18. Paddles
19. Biotechnology: ___onomics
20. Perfectly
22. Japanese sash
25. Flower stalk
26. Bosnian ethnic group
28. Longest division of geological
time
29. Hoover's organization
32. Thigh of a hog
33. Fabric woven from flax
35. Upper limb
36. Basics
37. Satisfies to excess
39. The cry made by sheep
40. Go quickly
41. Allied headquarters in WWII
43. Paradoxical sleep
44. Point midway between N
and NE
Parent Adam Lazinsk
praised the school system, telling
Hall that all of his eighth-grade
son’s classes next year will be at
the honors level, something directly
indicative of the education
he has received from Avon’s
school system.
Other issues of cost and
spending were brought up during
the conversation, but Mala
stressed the importance of educational
spending.
“Public education needs to
be viewed as an investment.
When it’s viewed as an expenditure,
it’s problematic,” he said.
To close out the conversation,
Stahl asked Mala, “If you
45. Refers to a female
46. Tears down (archaic sp.)
48. Increases motor speed
49. Nocturnal winged mammal
50. Integrated courses of studies
54. Goat and camel hair fabric
57. Papuan monetary unit
58. Extreme or immoderate
62. Free from danger
64. Musician Clapton
65. French young women
66. Auricles
67. Foot (Latin)
68. Prefix for external
69. Allegheny plum
CLUES DOWN
1. Founder of Babism
2. "A Death in the Family" author
3. One who feels regret
4. Maine's Queen City
5. Research workplace
6. A division of geological time
7. Paid media promos
8. Abdominal cavity linings
9. Apportion cards
10. Ranking above a viscount
11. Not idle
SEE ANSWERS ON PAGE 35
could wave a magic wand, what
would you do to change the way
education is funded and presented?”
Mala said that public education
is the “single greatest investment
a community can make.”
He said that collective bargaining
laws need to be visited as
well as looking to reform the
methodology used to fund public
schools on a state level.
e introduction of skillsbased
compensation for teachers,
incentivizing the collaborative efforts
between communities and
considering multi-year budgets at
the local level were also among
Mala’s educational wishes.
14. Former SW German state
15. Constrictor snake
21. Pica printing unit
23. Where wine ferments (abbr.)
24. Egyptian goddess
25. Boils vigorously
26. Oral polio vaccine developer
27. Master of ceremonies
29. Fr. entomologist Jean Henri
30. Scottish hillsides
31. Islamic leader
32. Bakker's downfall Jessica
34. TV show and state capital
38. A citizen of Belgrade
42. Supervises flying
45. Sebaceous gland secretion
47. Conditions of balance
48. Ancient Egyptian sun god
50. Part of a stairway
51. Time long past
52. Hawaiian wreaths
53. Resin-like shellac ingredient
55. Semitic fertility god
56. 60's hairstyle
59. Honey Boo Boo's network
60. Soak flax
61. Volcanic mountain in Japan
63. Point midway between E and
SE
BUDGET from page 20
town is also in a revaluation year,
which was considered when devising
next year’s budget.
e latest reval revealed the
median net taxable assessment is
$193,000, down from $231,000. “So
you can see quite clearly how
homes have declined with this recent
revaluation,” she said.
For the first time, Glassman
presented a breakdown of tax dollars
and where they are specifically
spent, by department – “so the taxpayers
have a better idea of where
their dollars go.”
She explained that the median
tax bill in Simsbury is approximately
$7,484. Of that, $5,225 go the
fund the Board of Education, $1,479
go to the Board of Selectmen, $499
for debt retirement, $238 for fire,
and $43 to non-public schools.
“One significant change is the
number of full time employees,” she
said. At 141, “at’s the lowest it’s
been in our recent history.”
is is partly due to technology,
such as in the tax collection office.
Because many residents pay
their tax bills online, personnel
were eliminated.
Other cost savings efforts are
through grants, the use of volunteer
positions, a retiree health plan
switch that saves $240,000 per year
and an energy savings award totaling
$400,000.
Canton
March 24
Kimberly Rogoz, 42, of 73 Cinnamon
Spring, South Windsor, was arrested for operation
while under the influence and risk
of injury to a child.
March 26
Jessica Gordon, 27, of 6 North Canton
Road, Barkhamsted, was arrested for operation
while under the influence, use or possession
with intent to use drug
paraphernalia with connection with less
than half an ounce of marijuana and illegal
possession of narcotics.
Farmington
March 16
Elizabeth Ramos, 22, of 365 Garden St.,
Apt. 2, Hartford, was arrested for third degree
assault and second degree breach of
peace. In the same incident, Liza Ramos, 27,
of 25 Natick St., Apt. 3, Hartford, was arrested
for third degree assault and second
degree breach of peace.
David Granville, 21, of 82 Harold St.,
Providence, R.I., was arrested for possession
of a shoplifting device.
Bradley Bempong, 19, of 17 Canfield
Way, Avon, was arrested for operation while
under the influence under the age of 21, operation
while under the influence, possession
of more than half an ounce of
marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia
with more than half an ounce of
marijuana.
Kyle-Patrick Brady, 20, of 50 Daventry
Hill Road, Avon, was arrested for operation
under the influence under the age of 21 and
operation while under the influence.
March 17
Noelle Gibilisco, 43, of 11 Littlebrook
Crossing was arrested for second degree
breach of peace. In the same incident, Stacy
Taylor, 42, of 11 Littlebrook Crossing was ar-
PRESSNEWS
“I think coming in on a 1.71
budget is admirable,” Board of Finance
Chair Paul Henault said.
Glassman said there is a significant
need for tree work on some open
space trails in town that was not included
in the budget.
“We wrestled with that because
it is not an annual [expense],”
she said. “ere are trails not open
… that really would require us to go
out and do a one-time clearing of
the trails.”
Finance board member Barbara
Petitjean said there are some
bad roads in town that were identified
and can’t be repaired with
preventative maintenance anymore,
but they are not included in
this budget. “I think that roads are
something that taxpayers expect
their money to be used on,” she
said.
e Board of Education’s proposed
budget is for $64.9 million, an
increase of $1.2 million or 1.8 percent.
When added with the town
budget and $6.2 million in debt
service, the total budget proposed
to the finance board for 2013-14 is
$89.8 million.
e finance board will hold a
public hearing on the budget Tuesday,
April 9 at Simsbury High
School and a final public hearing
April 24. It will approve the budget
April 30, and the referendum is
scheduled for May 14 at Henry
James.
PRESSPOLICE NEWS
rested for third degree assault and second
degree breach of peace.
Kandace Alderman, 26, of 2443 Main
St., Apt. 6, Hartford, was arrested for third
degree assault, conspiracy to commit sixth
degree larceny, conspiracy to commit second
degree robbery and criminal impersonation.
March 18
Christopher Cantley, 29, of 79 Highland
Ave., Apt. 3, Waterbury, was arrested for
risk of injury to a minor and fourth degree
sexual assault.
Jonathan Goodman, 53, of 13
Lakeshore Drive, Apt. A2, was arrested for
evading responsibility and operation while
under the influence.
March 19
Kimberly Kraszewski, 42, of 67 Connecticut
Ave., New Britain, was arrested for
two counts of first degree criminal trespassing.
In a separate incident, Kraszewski was
arrested for first degree criminal trespassing
and third degree larceny.
Simsbury
March 8
Christopher Mudano, 18, of 10 Robin
Road was arrested for fourth degree larceny.
March 28
David Kirychuk, 27, of 19 Whitlock
Ave., Plantsville, was arrested for possession
of drug paraphernalia, possession of narcotics,
weapons in a motor vehicle and first
degree criminal trespassing.
Hannah Boulden, 18, of 32 Woodland
Place was arrested for weapons in a motor
vehicle, second degree breach of peace and
possession of weapons on school grounds.
In the same incident, Tanner Nascimbeni,
18, of 6 Hamilton Lane, Weatogue, was arrested
for weapons in a motor vehicle, second
degree breach of peace and possession
of weapons on school grounds.
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