Five Things: Public Meetings And $4 Movies

1. According to the poll attached to a story about the superintendent's proposed budget cuts, 29 percent of respondents said they’d prefer to see their taxes go up than cut the school’s budget, and 24 percent of respondents said they agree with the cuts. A total of 224 people responded to the poll, with 21 percent saying they’d like to keep the tutors, and 9 percent saying they’d like the teaching staff ot stay intact. Fourteen percent said they’d like to maintain programs that were being reduced or eliminated, such as Project Oceanology and 5th and 6th grade music instruction. A public forum about the budget will be held tonight at 7 in the auditorium.

2. Also, the Information Technology Committee is meeting tonight in the Annex Meeting Room at  5 p.m., the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission meets at 7 p.m in council chambers, the Land Use/Planning/Public Works Committee meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Annex Meeting Room,  the Municipal Building Committee meets at 5:30 in the Board of Education central office.

3. The continues tonight with Margin Call. The movie is “a contemporary thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 stock market crash.”

4. to Foxwoods employees to commemorate a new partnership between the bakery and the casino.

5. Are you a business owner? If you claim your listing on Ledyard Patch you can announce special offers, sales and events.