From Linda Lambeck, CT Post: Peering out from the floor-to-ceiling window in the assistant principal suite down to the pristine Warren Harding High School football field a floor below is like being in a luxury box.
Entries Tagged as 'Harding High School'
New Harding High School On Horizon
July 16th, 2018 · 17 Comments · Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
Guber Candidates Lamont, Ganim Pony Up For Presidents (And Votes)
June 23rd, 2018 · 5 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events, State Politics
Politics, like football, is a contact sport. Democratic-endorsed for governor Ned Lamont and underdog opponent Joe Ganim will utilize blitzing as a campaign tactic to throw each off message. Both are now trying to open holes for votes snuggling up to the equipment-strapped Harding Presidents football team.
Tags: Brian Lockhart·CT Post·Harding High School·Joe Ganim·Ned Lamont
Campaign Lesson–Taking “Teacher” To Task
June 18th, 2018 · 25 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events, State Politics
Fact-checking is standard operating procedure in campaigns. How much latitude does a candidate take burnishing a resume? Mayor Joe Ganim, running for governor, has received an assist from Superintendent of Schools Aresta Johnson rebutting Democratic-endorsed Ned Lamont’s claim he was a “teacher” at Harding High School more than a decade ago.
Tags: Aresta Johnson·Harding High School·Joe Ganim·Maria Pereira·Ned Lamont
What’s In A Name? Blue And Gold
June 1st, 2018 · 18 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
Wow, something unanimous on the school board, with one abstention, and it’s all in a name. The Board of Education, following a roar from the collective lungs that wore blue and gold at Harding High School, voted 8-0 to keep the name as the school segues to a new campus off Boston Avenue to replace […]
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Dennis Bradley·Harding High School·Joe Sokolovic·Linda Conner Lambeck·Maria Pereira
Once Again, School Board Battle Erupts, This Time Over Cancelled Meeting
May 30th, 2018 · 25 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events, State Politics
A Board of Education meeting that was cancelled has three board members w–o showed up Tuesday anyway–crying foul on a night the district was to consider an “update on budget gap” as well as naming of a new high school to replace Harding with community support at the called-off meeting speaking to maintain the name. Agenda […]
Tags: Aaron Turner·Aresta Johnson·Ben Walker·Chris Taylor·Dennis Bradley·Harding High School·Hernan Illingworth·Jessica Martinez·Joe Sokolovic·John Weldon·Maria Pereira
OIB Poll: Harding Name Change?
March 23rd, 2018 · 22 Comments · Development and Zoning, Education
Tags: Harding High School
Petition Drive To Keep Harding High School Name
March 20th, 2018 · 16 Comments · Education, News and Events
A new school to replace antiquated Harding High is expected to be open for the next school year off Boston Avenue just blocks from the existing campus. Some sentiment exists to change the school name. A number of Harding alums, however, say hold on a minute, the school name represents a pride point. Don’t mess […]
Weighing A Ganim Challenge–Does Marilyn Want Moore?
July 8th, 2018 · 50 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events, State Politics
Mayor Joe Ganim’s raising money, banging phones, crashing festivals, schmoozing voters all across the state in his Runyonesque run for governor while trying to balance the duties of his elected office, something a Ned Lamont supporter who very well could be a Ganim mayoral opponent next year declares is “double-dipping” receiving a salary during his job […]
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