Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff, and Community Members:

CABE Board Member Appreciation Month

The Month of March is Connecticut Board of Education Appreciation Month.  We would like to take this opportunity to say "thank you" to our hardworking and dedicated board members.  

Melanie O’Brien, Chair

Jennifer Ackerman, Vice Chair

Jen Larsen, Secretary

Scott Clayton

Kara DiBartolo

Bill Foster

Courtney Martin

Daniel Nostin

Cathy Schaefer

We thank you for the time and effort you devote to board business to assure that our schools are providing the best education possible for our community’s children!

Parent University - Internet Safety - March 10th at 6:00 PM - BHS Auditorium

Next Thursday, March 10th from 6:00 PM to 7:30, as part of our Parent University series, we will be hosting a session on Internet Safety in the  Bethel High School Auditorium.  Scott Driscoll, former law enforcement, of  Internet Safety Concepts is an expert in the field.   With the constant surge of new information, programs and apps, the world is a click or text away.  But with the new advances come new dangers and concerns.  Parents need to be aware of the technology their children use and the trouble that can follow if safety rules are not in place. The focus will be to provide you with strategies to help to monitor what your child is doing online, to protect them from dangers.  Even if your child is too young to have a smart device, this workshop will be extremely informative in implementing proactive strategies.  Unfortunately, we can not record this session, you need to attend in person.  This session is being hosted in collaboration with the Bethel Police Department.

Public Hearing on the Town and School Budgets 

The Board of Finance approved a proposed budget to bring forward to the taxpayers for comment. The proposed budget (for the schools and town) is a total of $85,500,111, representing an estimated tax increase of 1.1% over last year's budget.  On the average home in Bethel, the tax increase is estimated to be $82.21 a year or $6.85 a month.  The proposed school budget ensures that all current curricular and extracurricular programs are maintained, while addressing class size and special education needs of our students, given the increased enrollment within our district.  The public will have an opportunity to comment on the proposed budget at the Public Hearing on Monday, March 21, 2021, at 7:00 PM in the Bethel Middle School Auditorium.  If you are unable to attend the session in person and would like to provide comment, you can email the Board of Selectman and Board of Finance at craigd@bethel-ct.gov.  Please be sure to include your name and street address in the email.  

Elementary Bus Stop Changes

Due to the continuing bus driver shortage, we have to move some elementary bus stops (Berry School, Rockwell School, and Johnson School) to other buses.  Below shows the changes by bus stop and the new bus stop times. The elementary buses affected are Bus 10, Bus 9, & Bus 8.

These changes take effect starting this Monday morning, March 7, 2022.

Bus #10 changes:

Bus stop @ Plumtrees @ Terry – new bus is #2 – approx. 8:28AM & approx. 3:30PM

Bus stop @ 117 Milwaukee Ave – new bus is #7 – approx. 7:45AM & approx. 3:30PM

Bus stops @ 1,36,41,53,56 Rockwell Rd – new bus is #7 – approx. 8:20AM & approx. 4:05PM

Bus stop @ Rockwell Rd @ Galloping Hill – new bus is #7 – approx. 8:23AM & approx. 4:08PM

Bus stops @ 79,73,69 & 62 Linda Lane – new bus is #1 – approx. 8:23AM & approx. 4:09PM

Bus stop @ Kellogg @ Linda Lane – new bus is #1 – approx. 8:21AM & approx. 4:07PM

Bus stop @ 24 Kellogg – new bus is #1 – approx. 8:20AM & approx. 4:08PM

Bus stops @ 3,8 and 14 Quaker Ridge Road – new bus is #8 – approx. 8:21AM & approx. 3:47PM

Bus stops @ 10 and 16 Far Horizons – new bus is #8 - approx. 8:10AM & approx. 3:36PM

Bus stops @ 8 & 31 Green Pasture – new bus is #8 – approx. 8:13AM & approx. 3:39PM

Bus stop @ 83 Walnut Hill – new bus is #8 – approx. 8:23AM & approx. 3:49PM

Bus stops @ 66 & 57 Taylor Road – new bus is #9 – approx. 7:49AM & approx. 3:31PM

Bus stop @ Taylor @ Marvin – new bus is #9 – approx. 7:50AM & approx. 3:31PM

Bus stops @ 47,40,31,29,21 Taylor Road – new bus is #9 – approx. 7:51AM & approx. 3:32PM

Bus stop @ Taylor Rd @ Old Lantern – new bus is #9 – approx. 7:54AM & approx. 3:36PM

Bus #9 changes:

Bus stop @ 9 Judd Ave – new bus is #5 – approx. 8:29AM & approx. 3:32PM

Bus #8 changes:

Bus stop @ 23 Lexington Condos – new bus is #23 – approx. 8:22AM & approx. 3:58PM

Bus stop @ 21 Shelter Rock – new bus is #23 – approx. 8:20AM & approx. 3:57PM