Mayoral Views - Alderman Paul Catanzaro (D)
By Editor at August 29, 2023 | 1:18 pm | Print
The New Britain City Journal is asking candidates for Mayor questions every three weeks related to the City. It is our hope this will give residents time to understand their views and make a proper choice for mayor. The question posed to candidates this week was “Do you think the Board of Education needs to get an increase in funding in 2012?” The following candidates responded to our question.
It’s easy to point to poor results from standardized testing and conclude that we need to increase school funding.
Classroom size, graduation rates, and test scores are some of the reasons why young families don’t look to buy houses in town and parents who care about education think about moving before their first child is five years old, further depressing home values.
I have to ask the tough question: where does the money to increase school funding come from?
Taxes are already too high and I won’t cut police and firefighter budgets to divert our limited resources to education.
It’s time for all of us to work together to solve this problem.
As mayor I will provide office space in city hall for our state senator and representatives.
This will bring them closer to those who elected them and help to create an atmosphere of cooperation.
The common council, state delegation, and mayor’s office must work as a team to increase state and federal support for our public schools.
