Board of Education Chairman John Weldon, citing insufficient business, has cancelled Monday’s final regular meeting of the year, with a new school board to be
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Taylor: Make Martinez School Board Chair, Testani Permanent Education Chief
Board of Education member Chris Taylor says Jessica Martinez will get his vote for school board chair at the board’s organizational meeting in December. He
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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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Taylor: Let State Deal With School Deficit, ‘Not Our Job To Assassinate Our Own Students’
On the verge of hiring an interim school chief for one year followed by a process to select a longer term leader, the Board of
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Pereira Blasts Board Of Education Selection
From school board member Maria Pereira: Mayor Ganim and his cohort of Bridgeport Board of Education Members, Chair John Weldon, Vice-chair Jessica Martinez, Hernan Illingworth,
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Joseph Lombard Selected To Replace Bradley On School Board
Following allegations, and denials, that the fix was in, Joseph Lombard, associate director of educational funding, training and support at Porter and Chester Institute in
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Bradley’s School Board Vacancy Scheduled For Monday Vote
Who’ll fill Dennis Bradley’s vacated seat on the Board of Education? The remaining eight school board members are expected to fill the slot Monday night
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Were Community Conversations Canceled For Political Expediency?
School board members Maria Pereira and Ben Walker charge that “These five school board members, with Superintendent Johnson’s support, didn’t cancel the Community Conversations because
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