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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Tag: Joe Sokolovic
Charter School Advocate Now Leads School Board
From July 2019, Jessica Martinez with fellow school board member Albert Benejan. Charter school advocate Jessica Martinez Monday night was named chair of the Board
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The School Board Chairmanship, Is It John Or Jessica?–Also, a Word From Joe-So
The organizational meeting of the nine-member Board of Education to select officers will take place Monday, 6 p.m. at the Aquaculture School. Current Chair John
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See Ya In December, Final Regular School Board Meeting Cancelled
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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School System Leadership Struggles With Bagley-Replacement Issue
Nothing like an email thread to get your Monday jumpstarted. At issue is the way senior school officials handled the jettisoning of hoop icon John
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Cool For School–Ganim Provides Direct Support To Education In Advance Of Primary
With the September 10 Democratic primary for mayor just weeks away, incumbent Joe Ganim is playing Santa Claus in the summer with city schools. Money
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What’s A Vote Worth? For School Board Member Joe Sokolovic $5.5 Million
Hey Joe, what ya doing with that vote of yours? Most everyone has a price, right? For Board of Education member Joe Sokolovic it’s $5.5
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School Chief Contract May Require Another Vote
An “unfortunate typo” may force another vote to approve the contract of acting school chief Michael Testani. The board, by a 6-1 tally, approved the
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