Meriden: It’s time to play high school roulette once again. Guess when your school will be done. In time for your grandchildren? Seriously, the two existing schools are now 51+ years old, though they have been refitted more than once. Deciding the options isn’t a slam dunk choice. It seems incredible that both existing buildings (and you have to deal with both, otherwise someone feels slighted) are worthless after what is really a fairly short time. If the city built entirely new, the two present schools would remain and be used for — what? Keeping the pools, gyms, cafeteria and rebuilding class wings sounds sensible but disruptive and lengthy. Minimal face-lifting seems, somehow, pointless. The city really needs to develop a vision on the matter.
Southington: The budget set and the mill rate goes up a very modest 0.25 mills. But there’s some concern over the discovery of surplus in the school portion to cover programs previously threatened.
Wallingford: It looks as if the town will get a budget without a veto when the council, after making a couple of important but minor changes turned back an effort to use $1.3 million of the CRRA windfall to offset the tax increase. Councilor Brodinsky termed it a poison pill that would summon a mayoral veto, and he was probably right to do so.
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Two new schools - build one and save some money. Who the heck wants to move to this city, anyway, given property taxes and a derelict downtown.? Look at the recent news to see a prime example of the stellar quality of student our schools produce.
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