He generally consults with the chief of police on town road conditions and listens to the weather forecast from the National Weather Service. School district office staff said he also goes out and drives the roads himself in the early morning hours. The decision to close school usually has to be made by 5 a.m. before staff arrives for work and school buses are started for their morning runs. It may happen that a bus stop is near someone's house, but in general, maximum walking distance for a stop is one mile. The school system attempts to deliver kindergarten students as close as possible to home.
Salaries are dependent on experience and the level of higher education the teacher has completed.
The figures are determined by length of service and merit raises. Superintendent David F. Clune has served in that post since 1982. Any increase is yet to be determined. Before he came to Wilton, Dr. Clune was principal of Lexington High School in Massachusetts for seven years and before that he was headmaster at a school in Greenwich. He received both his doctoral and master's degrees in education from the University of Connecticut.