Unfortunately for Stonington, budget referenda generally fail multiple times each year prior to citizens accepting a spending plan for the year. When this happens, many in town (some leaders included) think that the first items that will be cut from the education budget are items that were not in the previous budget. I wrote an Op Ed piece that was published in The Day, The Sun, and the Stonington Newsletter that explained how the Board of Education thinks when it has to finally make the reductions once the town budget is approved. To read this Op Ed, click LINK.