The district’s new funding request includes $1.14 million to fund new full-time and part-time positions at the Danbury High School West campus and throughout the district.

The main point is that a charter school in Danbury would work with the fabric of the current public schools, rather than take resources from the public school system or cost the community anything.

Last week, the Danbury Board of Education approved a retirement incentive package that 67 teachers and four administrators accepted. The agreement provides money over five years that can be used to ...