News release: FaithActs for Education today announced a $220,000 effort to provide direct relief–including supermarket gift cards to families and grants to churches–to help alleviate
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Category: Education
Public Hearings For School Board And Library Budgets On Tap Thursday–Jo-So: Help!
This will be a first and the public can call in to speak. Virtual public hearings will be conducted Thursday 7 p.m. by the City
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Jessica Fatigue Costs Martinez School Board Leadership Positions
Last week Jessica Martinez was booted as chair of the Board of Education. This week removed as chair of the Finance Committee. Next year she
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Police ‘Birthday Bash’ Hits Taxpayers In Pocket, More To Come
A couple of ways to examine this: it’s never a good look when abusive cops at a birthday party cost taxpayers more than $340,000. But
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UPDATE: Includes Budget Document–Ganim Proposes Modest Tax Cut, $2 Million More For Schools
The budget process is not about where it starts but where it ends. A number of assumptions are factored into Mayor Joe Ganim’s budget proposal
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Partnership For CT To Purchase 60,000 Dell Laptops For Needy Students
From Kaitlyn Krasselt, CT Post: The governing board of the Partnership For Connecticut voted unanimously via teleconference Tuesday morning to spend $24 million on the
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UB President Laura Trombley Bails Out For Texas Job
From Linda Conner Lambeck, CT Post: Laura Trombley, president of the University of Bridgeport for less than two years, has resigned effective immediately and is
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Must See TV, Weldon Returns As School Board Chair Following Wild Meeting
In a wild and crazy Wednesday night video-teleconference meeting John Weldon returned as chair of the Board of Education following an acrimonious 25 minutes of
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