CT schools on Lamont's K-12 budget: 'A trainwreck for education'

CT schools on Lamont's K-12 budget: 'A trainwreck for education'

This year, Putnam Public Schools Superintendent Steven Rioux will ask the town of Putnam to give its school district an additional $1.6 million — a 7.23% increase from last year. “When I built my budget this year, I asked the principals to tell me what you need, and the need was about $2.5 million, or an 11% increase,” Rioux said. “That’s not going to happen, right?” So Rioux started cutting. He cut staff, resources and programs, and when he was…