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
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,
Read moreStudents Salute City Firefighters
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
Read moreCity Council Rejects Classical Studies Move To Catholic Center Building
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
Read moreSchool Chief Aresta Johnson, Others, Implore Council’s Budget Committee For More Education Dough
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
Read moreUnanimous, School Board Selects Aresta Johnson As Education Leader
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
Read moreCould It Be Geraldine Johnson To Aresta Johnson?
>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
Read morePereira Shares Her Take On Perera
Angella Katrise Perera announced on Monday she had withdrawn her name as a finalist for school chief, leaving acting Superintendent of Schools Aresta Johnson the
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