The Bethel school board met last week, and adopted a higher 2023-24 spending plan than the one that Superintendent Christine Carver proposed back in January… a $54.4 million budget that adds two positions to support literacy and math instruction. It also brings the proposed year-over-year spending increase from 5.95 percent to 6.37 percent. Superintendent Carver said that without the addition of the two specialist positions, about 200 students would not get the additional support they need in literacy and mathematics. The budget proposal was scheduled to be presented to the Board of Selectmen last evening, and to the Board of Finance when they meet tonight at 7. No word this morning on whether or not the winter storm may have affected those plans.
Ed Histed
Ed launched his radio career in 1975 and has spent more than five decades in the broadcasting industry. During that time, he has served in a wide range of roles including Air Personality, News Director, Sales Manager, Operations Manager, and General Manager at numerous radio stations in various markets across the country. Beyond on-air and management responsibilities, Ed has also worked extensively on the technical side of broadcasting. His background includes RF engineering and information technology, with particular experience configuring digital automation systems and remote voice-tracking platforms used by stations across the country. Ed was also among a select group of industry professionals invited by Google to its California headquarters following the company’s acquisition of Scott Studios. He was one of just 12 broadcasters nationwide chosen to participate in discussions and provide input during the design and rollout of Google’s digital broadcast automation platform. Although the majority of Ed’s career—spanning roughly four decades—was rooted in music radio, he transitioned into news and information programming in 2012. He says the move into spoken-word broadcasting was a natural evolution after decades of experience in multiple areas of the industry.