Board of Education members Maria Pereira, Sauda Baraka and Bobby Simmons, the vocal minority condemning the state takeover of city schools, share this opinion piece
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Malloy: ‘I Didn’t Volunteer For This’–State Control Of Schools Should Be Short Term
Governor Dannel Malloy, in an interview with OIB Thursday afternoon, said the state panel that will operate Bridgeport Public Schools at the urging of city educators
Read moreHistoric Vote–Board Of Education Throws In The Towel, Decision Considered For Six Months!
Board of Education letterhead actually proclaims: Expect Great Things. Well, in a move of remarkable greatness, the majority of Board of Education members voted Tuesday night they
Read moreErasing The Board Of Education–Is This An Admission Of Failure? Two BOE Members Blame Ramos
UPDATE: Talk about Fourth of July fireworks, Linda Conner Lambeck reports in the Connecticut Post that Superintendent of Schools John Ramos and Mayor Bill Finch
Read moreNo Boogers In My Burgers!
From the CT Working Families Party: BRIDGEPORT — Holding signs with slogans like “No Boogers In My Burgers” and “No Coughing in our Coffee,” the
Read moreLotsa Stuff On BOE Agenda
From BOE member Maria Pereira: The Bridgeport Board of Education Regular meeting will be held Monday, October 25, 2010 at 7:00 PM. located at Aquaculture
Read moreBored Of Education? Not When Crossin-Pereira Square Off, School Fight!
Things are getting testy among Board of Education members. Maria Pereira and her feisty coalition of Bobby Simmons and Sauda Baraka have been warring with majority Board
Read moreCould We Really Get A New Harding? Plus: Law Enforcement Swarm, And Are Votes Transferable?
Update: Harding High School is a mess. The good news is at least now city and school officials are talking about replacing it at a cost
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