CT Post Editorial Page Editor Michael Daly shares observations about the need to build a new school to replace Harding High. Even though there’s been a complete turnaround in the power structure of the school board–the minority group that suffered one indignity after another at the hand of the Finch majority is now in charge–the […]
Entries Tagged as 'Harding High School'
Daly: Not A Time For Settling Scores And Seizing Power
March 1st, 2014 · 5 Comments · Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Harding High School·Michael Daly·Paul Vallas
Harding Hi Or Bye? School Board Jeopardizes Funds For New High School
February 21st, 2014 · 15 Comments · Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
From Linda Conner Lambeck, CT Post: The city school board may have pushed the pause button, but the School Building Committee, made up of city council members, city and school officials and a couple of school board members, gave a unanimous thumbs up on Thursday to site plans for a new Harding High School to […]
Tags: CT Post·General Electric·Harding High School·Linda Conner Lambeck
Finch: Don’t Let Obstructionists Derail High School Project
February 17th, 2014 · 23 Comments · Education
In a commentary that also appears in the CT Post, Mayor Bill Finch urges the Board of Education to approve Boston Avenue property owned by General Electric as the new site of construction to replace Harding High School “instead of allowing a handful of obstructionists to play politics with the future and well-being of our […]
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·General Electric·Harding High School·Paul Vallas
Borres: Don’t Let Political Vendettas Derail High School Proposal
February 13th, 2014 · 21 Comments · Education, News and Events
Cisco Borres, the Republican deputy Registrar of Voters, addressed the school board committee Tuesday night about the proposal to replace Harding High School. He is also a parent who lives in the Harding school district. My name is Cisco Borres. I’m a state Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commissioner, the Vice-Chair of the Bridgeport Republican […]
Tags: Carmen Lopez·Cisco Borres·General Electric·Harding High School
Is John Bagley A School Board Puppet For The Working Families Party?
February 12th, 2014 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
Megan DeSombre, who publishes the Education Bridgeport website, shares her take and video from Tuesday night’s meeting about a much-needed new high school that the Working Families Party-controlled school board turned into a political snowball fight. Will the power-hungry WFP demagogues prevail? Last night’s Board of Education Facilities Committee Meeting was “open to the public.” […]
Tags: Carmen Lopez·General Electric·Harding High School·John Bagley·Maria Pereira·Megan DeSombre
Lopez, Pereira Shoot Jump Shots For Bagley, Jeopardize New High School To Replace Harding
February 13th, 2014 · 25 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, Education
The Working Families Party alliance that controls the Board of Education is doing all it can to torpedo a new city high school slated for construction on GE property on Boston Avenue. They say the site of a former munitions factory is too dirty, irrespective of the fact site must be cleaned to residential standards […]
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Tags: Bill Finch·Carmen Lopez·CT Post·General Electric·Harding High School·John Bagley·Maria Pereira·Paul Vallas·Sauda Baraka