Canterbury Education Info

The Canterbury Public School System Superintendent, Dr. Lois Knapton, presented her proposed budget for the 2018-2019 academic year (AY1819) on Thursday 2/1/2018 at 7PM in the cafeteria at Canterbury Elementary School.  There were numerous individuals in attendance including residents, teachers, and children who spoke passionately about the school and the importance of various programs. Here is a video recording of the entire meeting.  The superintendent's presentation begins at the 29 minute mark.  Comments from visitors begin at the 59 minute mark.  The entire meeting lasted approximately two hours. The superintendent proposed a budget that would be a 3.11% increase over the AY1718 budget, but would represent a 1.7% decrease from the AY1718 budget that was approved in April before the budget was revised in the Fall of 2017 based on cuts to ECS funding. AY1718 Approved Budget = $11,471,049 (Approved 4/1/2017; +0.21% increase from AY1618) AY1718 Revised ...

This presentation  (the link is a PDF of the Powerpoint presentation) was given by Walter Petruniw to the Town of Canterbury on 6/28/2017.  He provided this presentation so that the residents can have this information in order to ask informed questions about this process going forward.  Due to the state budget issues for the 2017-2018 fiscal year, the process was put on hold, but it will be revisited this year.

CANTERBURY BOARD OF EDUCATION BUDGET WORKSHOP MEETING Tuesday 1/30/18 7PM CES Cafeteria The town is facing significant budgetary issues, largely driven by the reduction of Education Cost Sharing payments from the State of Connecticut. These issues are likely to continue for the next several years. To meet the budget shortfalls, there are numerous proposed cuts to the staff for the next academic year that may include a custodian, aides, a reading specialist, a music teacher, a foreign language teacher, and an administrator. If you have children in the education system, or care about the quality of education in our town, please come to this meeting and learn about the issues we are facing. This is a place to provide feedback to our elected town officials who are responsible for representing the concerns and wishes of the citizens of Canterbury. There are solutions to this problem, beyond simply cutting staff members. If we all come together and make our voices heard, we ...