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Miscalculation in salaries will lower proposed New Milford school budget

New Milford school officials are recalculating teacher salaries after an error was discovered.  The Connecticut Post reports that the miscalculation in certified teacher salaries will lower the proposed 66 million dollar budget by thousands of dollars.  It's not clear if it was a computer or human error.  Officials said the teacher steps got reordered and redone.  The proposed budget is 3-percent more than the current year, mostly due to new hires planned at the elementary schools.  Those positions include a special education teacher and three part time paraprofessionals at Northville and Hill and Plain Elementary, and bilingual teachers and a coordinator.  The published report says state law requires a bilingual teacher at a school if there are at least 20 non-native English speakers who speak the same language.  About 15 percent of New Milford’s students are Hispanic.  Board of Education members have requested more details about a proposed line item of 25-thousand dollars for an armed school security guard or school resource officer.

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