Town Hall Rally Protests Budget Cuts

About 100 Staples High School students held a rally on the steps of Westport Town Hall today asking for restoration by the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) of $1.4 million cut from the Board of Education’s requested 2009-10 budget increase. The students said they feared the cut would alter course offerings and extra-curricular activities at the school.  (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com