From Democratic mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster: Finch Administration Refuses to Provide BOE Takeover Docs Requested Under FOI; Foster Asks State to Order Mayor to Comply
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A Sobering Take On The BOE Takeover–‘Selling Dreams To A Desperate People’
Glover “Sonny” Gardner has commented on numerous city issues for many years. He grew up in the PT Barnum Housing Complex and has lived in the
Read moreNewest School Board Appointment Supports Finch
Hernan Illingworth, a supporter of Mayor Bill Finch, is the seventh appointment made by acting State Education Commissioner George Coleman to the state-controlled school oversight board.
Read moreBuy Books, Buy Local
Georgia Day owns Rainy Faye Bookstore downtown. She enriched downtown Bridgeport with a bookstore many years ago when there was no bookstore. She says the
Read moreFinch: Foster Misrepresented Court Hearing
From Mayor Bill Finch: City responds to Foster’s misrepresentation of court action Following is a response from John Bohannon, attorney for Mayor Bill Finch, Superintendent
Read moreBoard Training Key Issue In Education Case–Court Hearing On Friday
A battery of lawyers met in Waterbury Superior Court Tuesday morning to negotiate the litigation process arising out of the state takeover of city schools requested by the
Read moreWill Supremes Decide BOE Complaints?
The legal fight over the future of the Bridgeport Board of Education in the long term and presumably school board elections in the short term
Read morePost Columnist: Positioning For School Takeover Was All For Show
Hugh Bailey, assistant editorial page editor of the Connecticut Post, writes in his Sunday column that the city throwing in the towel and asking for
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