Connecticut faces tax revolt.

Connecticut faces tax revolt. A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IS afoot in the very blue state ofConnecticut Connecticut, state, United StatesConnecticut(kənĕt`ĭkət), southernmost of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (N), Rhode Island (E), Long Island Sound (S), and New York (W). : growing disenchantment dis��en��chant?tr.v. dis��en��chant��ed, dis��en��chant��ing, dis��en��chantsTo free from illusion or false belief; undeceive.[Obsolete French desenchanter, from Old French, with the price of government,especially of public education. According to according toprep.1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.2. In keeping with: according to instructions.3. The Wall Street Journal, over the past 25 years thestudent population in the state has increased 10 percent, yet the costof schooling has more than doubled--to $8.8 billion in 2006, up from$3.4 billion in 1981. The average teacher salary is also the highest inthe nation--$57,750 excluding benefits, according to the latest surveyof the American Federation of Teachers American Federation of Teachers(AFT), an affiliate of the AFL-CIO. It was formed (1916) out of the belief that the organizing of teachers should follow the model of a labor union, rather than that of a professional association. . The board of education and the town council of Enfield Enfield, borough, Greater London, EnglandEnfield,outer borough (1991 pop. 249,100) of Greater London, SE England. It is residential, with important concentrations of industry. recentlyconvened to hear the results of a citizen cost-cutting committee, andamong its recommendations were replacing some public school teacherswith low-cost college interns This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view.Mark blatant advertising for , using . , restricting the use of school vehicles,and increasing employee contributions to benefit plans. Connecticut is one of the 10 states with the heaviest property-taxburdens. Connecticut's school boards and superintendent associationshave sent a letter to every school board and superintendent in the statecriticizing Armand Fusco, the retired superintendent of Branford'spublic schools who advises the Enfield cost-cutting committee and amember of the Hartford, Conn.-based Yankee Institute for Public Policy.Fusco is not backing down, and says the time is coming for allConnecticut schools to "distinguish between needs and wants." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]