When Board of Education member Tom Mulligan served on the City Council he once referred to the meetings as the Monday Night Fights. Well the Monday Night Fights have now switched over to the Board of Education. So much for peace and love and diplomacy this holy week. New school board president Ken Moales Jr., a [...]
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Praise Jesus! The Monday Night Fights, School Board Style
March 26th, 2013 · 54 Comments · Education
Tags: CT Post·Jacqueline Kelleher·Jonathan Pelto·Keila Torres Ocasio·Ken Moales·Maria Pereira·Sauda Baraka·Tom Mulligan
Working Families Party Claims Vallas Vote A “Shocking Abuse Of Democracy”
March 5th, 2013 · 35 Comments · Education
The day after the Bridgeport Board of Education approved by a 5-4 vote a three-year contract for Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas, members and supporters of the Connecticut Working Families Party are lashing out, including Maria Pereira, one of three WFP school board members who voted against Vallas.
Tags: Bill Finch·Bobby Simmons·Ed Gomes·Hernan Illingworth·Jacqueline Kelleher·John Bagley·Ken Moales·Leticia Colon·Maria Pereira·Paul Vallas·Sauda Baraka·Tom Mulligan
School Board, By 5-4 Vote, Approves Three-Year Deal For Vallas–Finch: ‘Right For The Children’
March 4th, 2013 · 40 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education, News and Events
The Bridgeport Board of Education Monday night approved a new three-year contract for Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas in a vote that continued a 5-4 split among the Democratic majority and the vocal opposition from members of the Connecticut Working Families Party. The thee-year deal came as a surprise as Vallas had postured publicly for [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bobby Simmons·Excel Bridgeport·Hernan Illingworth·Jacqueline Kelleher·John Bagley·Ken Moales·Leticia Colon·Maria Pereira·Maria Zambrano·Paul Vallas·Sauda Baraka·Stefan Pryor·Tom Mulligan
Vallas’ Performance Evaluation, Possible Contract Vote, On Monday School Board Agenda
March 4th, 2013 · 47 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events
The battle for control of the Board of Education continues Monday (tonight) with a scheduled special meeting for “Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Superintendent’s Performance Evaluation,” according the school board agenda. The meeting will take place 6:30 p.m. in City Hall, Conference Room 305, 45 Lyon Terrace. The nine-member school board is split with four [...]
Tags: Bobby Simmons·Excel Bridgeport·General Electric·Harding High School·Hernan Illingworth·Jacqueline Kelleher·Jessica Martinez·John Bagley·Ken Moales·Leticia Colon·Maria Pereira·Paul Vallas·Sacred Heart University·Sauda Baraka·Tom Mulligan
What Kind Of Evaluation Process Is This? Working Families Party Taking It To The Streets Against Vallas
February 28th, 2013 · 34 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events
Connecticut’s Working Families Party is now taking its case door to door in an effort to build support to torpedo a contract extension for Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas who said the other day the only way he will not serve another year as school chief is if the Board of Education does not make [...]
Tags: Bobby Simmons·Hernan Illingworth·Jacqueline Kelleher·John Bagley·Ken Moales·Leticia Colon·Maria Pereira·Marilyn Middlemass·Paul Vallas·Sauda Baraka·Stefan Pryor·Tom Mulligan
Callous Toward Vallas, Working Families Party Wants Paul’s Pelt–Parents Step Up For Vallas, Say WFP Obstructs Progress
February 25th, 2013 · 27 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events
Connecticut’s Working Families Party, with three of its members on the Board of Education, is doing its best to torpedo Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas from serving another academic year. Vallas says he’d like to stay on the job another year as school board members continue moving through a ponderous process of evaluation. Talk about [...]
Tags: Bobby Simmons·Ed Gomes·Harding High School·Hernan Illingworth·Jacqueline Kelleher·Jessica Martinez·John Bagley·Ken Moales·Leticia Colon·Maria Pereira·Paul Vallas·Sauda Baraka·Tom Mulligan
Kelleher To Step Down As School Board Chair, Will Remain On BOE
March 23rd, 2013 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events
Jacqui Kelleher will formally step down as president of the Board of Education Monday night, according to the agenda of the school board meeting. Kelleher, a cordial presence on the board, was challenged to keep board meetings moving at a reasonable pace during her six months in the role in the face of opposition from [...]
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