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New London The Board of Education, without much controversy, passed a $72.9 million school budget for fiscal year 2022 on Thursday. The budget is accompanied by a $45 million appropriation request to the city, which is 2.2% or a $982,188 increase over last year’s funding. The portion of the school budget up for consideration by the city is funded jointly by taxpayers and the state’s Educational Cost Sharing program. The mayor will incorporate the school’s spending request into his overall budget for presentation to the City Council on April 1. City administration, as it has in past years, will argue the school board’s request amounts to a 4.6% increase in funding directly from taxpayers considering the fact that state education funding is expected to remain flat again. ....
New London Discussion on expanding the number of voting districts has resurfaced as the result of a disappointing voter turnout in the presidential election here. New London’s 55% voter turnout was sharply below the state’s record 79%. Surrounding towns saw even higher numbers than the state average, buoyed in part by the fact that absentee ballots were made available to all voters because of the COVID-19 pandemic. There were 16,996 registered voters in the city during the last election. City Councilor James Burke broached the subject of expansion of voting districts during an hourlong election debriefing with officials from the Registrar of Voters Office on Monday. ....