…In a phone interview Tuesday, Levy-David said she is eager to move to the Park City and begin tackling some of the district’s largest problems with the help of families and community members.
“My plan is to work side by side with the board, our educators and our community members in order to transform Bridgeport public schools into a district that everyone can be proud of and where parents and families aspire to bring their children,” Levy-David said.
Levy-David, a graduate of Texas A&M University, has served as an educator for 26 years, including the last six as an assistant superintendent. The Fort Bend school system, which is located about 20 miles outside Houston, serves around 80,000 students, making it among the largest in the country.
Levy-David, who is fluent in Spanish, told the forum’s audience that she is the great-granddaughter of a Jamaican sugarcane farmer who later immigrated to Panama. She said she was born and raised in La Chorrera — a Panamanian port city she said reminded her of Bridgeport — before relocating to the U.S. with her parents.
“As the superintendent of Bridgeport, I can relate to what it is to have a dream for your family, what it is to want them to do better and what it is to want your children to thrive and succeed,” Levy-David, who has also worked as a teacher, counselor and principal, said last week.
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What a fine choice.
She comes from a port city and now finds herself in Connecticut’s largest ‘port city.
Best wishes!