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Tag: Aresta Johnson

Lights On For Lighthouse Program

June 29, 2017 Lennie Grimaldi Education, News and Events2 Comments

Facing a Friday deadline, the school board reversed itself Wednesday with Annette Segarra-Negron casting the deciding 5-4 vote, rescuing the city’s Lighthouse after-school and summer

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Pereira Decries Votes, Don’t Vote For Major Party School Board Candidates in November

June 29, 2017 Lennie Grimaldi City Budget, City Council, City Politics, Education12 Comments

School board member Maria Pereira, lamenting the 5-4 Lighthouse Program vote, dresses down the members who voted in favor, in this commentary. Wednesday, June 28,

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Students Salute City Firefighters

May 5, 2017 Lennie Grimaldi Best of Bridgeport, Education, Firefighters, News and Events88 Comments

On International Firefighters Day, city school students and neighborhood residents saluted Bridgeport’s public safety, courtesy of an event organized by the 138th Democratic Town Committee

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City Council Rejects Classical Studies Move To Catholic Center Building

May 2, 2017 Lennie Grimaldi City Council, Education, News and Events90 Comments

From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: The City Council on Monday blocked the proposed move of the Classical Studies Academy magnet school to the Catholic Center on

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School Chief Aresta Johnson, Others, Implore Council’s Budget Committee For More Education Dough

April 19, 2017 Lennie Grimaldi City Budget, City Council, Education, News and Events19 Comments

On a night the public was invited to speak about Mayor Joe Ganim’s $542 million proposed budget, most delivered passionate appeals for additional education spending

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Unanimous, School Board Selects Aresta Johnson As Education Leader

March 27, 2017 Lennie Grimaldi Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events9 Comments

It’s been years in the making to name a school leader without “acting” or “interim” as part of a title, but Monday night the Board

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Could It Be Geraldine Johnson To Aresta Johnson?

March 24, 2017 Lennie Grimaldi Education, News and Events8 Comments

>Give acting school chief Aresta Johnson credit for displaying a sense of city history in the school named for the city’s first African American public

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Pereira Shares Her Take On Perera

March 7, 2017 Lennie Grimaldi Education, News and Events26 Comments

Angella Katrise Perera announced on Monday she had withdrawn her name as a finalist for school chief, leaving acting Superintendent of Schools Aresta Johnson the

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