Jamilah Prince-Stewart, executive director of FaithActs For Education, testified before the legislature’s Appropriations Committee this week about what she describes a “justice deficit” in public
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Tag: Jessica Martinez
Dennis Feels Menaced By Investigations, State Senator Under Federal Probe For Campaign Violations–“I’ve Only Tried To Be Agent Of Change”
For Dennis Bradley, it started with frivolity March 15, 2018 as an Ides of March campaign event at Dolphin’s Cove in the East End formalizing
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Say It Ain’t So, Joe–School Board Member Sokolovic, With Mighty Attendance Record, Stripped Of Chairmanships
He has the strongest attendance record of all the veteran members on the school board, but Joe Sokolovic has been stripped of two committee chairmanships
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Victim, Perpetrator Or Both? School Board Chair Jessica Martinez Struggles With The Truth And Police
Board of Education Chair Jessica Martinez’s surreal world continues. She’s now the subject of a local police criminal probe into the stabbing of her “ex”
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Pereira Files Complaint Charging School Board Chair Jessica Martinez Violated Election Law, Falsified Voting Address
City Councilwoman Maria Pereira on Monday filed a complaint with the State Elections Enforcement Commission alleging Board of Education Chair Jessica Martinez violated state law
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Kate Rivera: School Board Chooses Secrecy Over Children–Urges State Ed Chief To Intervene
UPDATE: Former Board of Education member Kate Rivera is urging Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona to intervene after the school board approved a three-year
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Acting No More: School Board In Stealth Meeting Taps Testani Permanent School Chief
The Board of Education Monday night voted surreptitiously to hire Michael Testani superintendent of schools for three years starting July 1. He has been serving
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When A Piranha Becomes Attendance Hawk, Check Out Scorecard Of School Board Members
Attendance hawk Maria Pereira, the self-proclaimed piranha of city politics, provided a deep dive into the show-up rate of City Council members last week. Now,
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