More than 700 absentee ballots have been returned to the Town Clerk’s Office for Tuesday’s Democratic primary involving citywide school board seats and four City
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Board Of Education Candidates Split On Paul Vallas
Linda Conner Lambeck of the Connecticut Post conducted a Q&A with the six candidates running in Tuesday’s Democratic school board race. One of her questions, Do you
Read moreHead Spinning? A Lesson About Navigating The School Board Election Maze
Elections can be zany. Where to vote? When to vote? Why are they running? Why does this matter? What’s the deal with minority-party representation? Gabrielle
Read morePolitical Tit For Tat, Operatives For Endorsed School Board Candidates Accuse Opponents Of Expenditure Violations
UPDATE, includes complaint and response from challenge slate: Charges, counter charges, that’s the Bridgeport political way, ain’t it? Six days from Democratic primary voters choosing
Read moreEndorsed Democrats Say They Were Not Invited, School Board Forum Cancelled
UPDATE: Jean Rabinow of the Bridgeport Area League of Women Voters informed OIB Monday night the forum scheduled for Tuesday (tonight) for Democratic school board
Read moreChallenge Slate Campaign Manager Says Her Candidates Will Show Up
From Marilyn Moore, campaign manager for school board challenge candidates: Marilyn Moore, campaign manager for the BEST (Better Education Starts Today) slate of Board of
Read moreVallas: Steering Schools Out Of Years Of Dysfunction
Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas, in a commentary that also appears in the Connecticut Post, highlights improvements made in city schools including a rise in
Read moreCandidates Forum For School Board Tuesday–How Will You Vote?
The political war for control of the Board of Education is in high gear. School board candidates door knocking, political operatives flooding neighborhoods with phone
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