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Category: Education
The Charges Against BOE Vice Chair Jessica Martinez–Attorney Bradley: A Tragic Case
A month after declaring in a September 2018 Facebook post “We need better leaders to step up who lead with integrity, whom our children and
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Pereira Cleared Of Charges, Martinez Pleads Guilty To Domestic Violence
CT Post reporter Dan Tepfer files this report on court cases involving two school board members: City Board of Education member and outspoken critic Maria Pereira
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Board Leader Weighs In On Aresta Johnson’s Departure As School Chief
OIB asked Board of Education Chair John Weldon for his thoughts on Superintendent of Schools Aresta Johnson’s decision to leave the district. She has taken
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Former City School Chief: Turnover Of Education Leaders Causes Confusion
As Superintendent of Schools Aresta Johnson moves on to a new role at the University of Bridgeport, former Bridgeport school chief Fran Rabinowitz writes in
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State Ed Chief Approves Testani As Acting School Leader
In one of her final acts as Connecticut Commissioner of Education, Dianna Wentzell approved the Board of Education’s appointment of Adult Education Director Michael Testani
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Petition Urges State Rejection Of Testani As Acting School Chief
By a 5-3 vote Michael Testani, head of Adult Education, was selected by the school board to lead the district for the next year until
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Testani Selected As Interim School Chief, But State Declares Him ‘Acting’
Michael Testani, well known to the city’s political establishment as director of adult education, was chosen Monday night interim superintendent of schools, but the state
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