This OIB story first published Oct. 25, 2013: Outgoing Board of Education member Maria Pereira, elected as a member of the Connecticut Working Families Party, has been a lightning rod since her win in 2009, even accusing local Democrats of a “plantation” mentality. (See video.) In 2012 she confronted Governor Dan Malloy in a testy exchange during the governor’s […]
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Excel Bridgeport Leader To Step Down
March 18th, 2014 · 6 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events
Maria Zambrano, executive director of the education advocacy group Excel Bridgeport that supported initiatives advanced by former school chief Paul Vallas, has announced she will leave the organization March 28.
Tags: Bill Finch·Excel Bridgeport·Maria Zambrano·Paul Vallas
Daly: Not A Time For Settling Scores And Seizing Power
March 1st, 2014 · 5 Comments · Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
CT Post Editorial Page Editor Michael Daly shares observations about the need to build a new school to replace Harding High. Even though there’s been a complete turnaround in the power structure of the school board–the minority group that suffered one indignity after another at the hand of the Finch majority is now in charge–the […]
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Harding High School·Michael Daly·Paul Vallas
Finch: Don’t Let Obstructionists Derail High School Project
February 17th, 2014 · 23 Comments · Education
In a commentary that also appears in the CT Post, Mayor Bill Finch urges the Board of Education to approve Boston Avenue property owned by General Electric as the new site of construction to replace Harding High School “instead of allowing a handful of obstructionists to play politics with the future and well-being of our […]
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·General Electric·Harding High School·Paul Vallas
What’s Wrong With More Educational Options For Students?
April 4th, 2014 · 22 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events
Former school board member Maria Pereira has silenced her voice as Bridgeport chair of the Connecticut Working Families Party, but certainly not her lungs against
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Tags: Bill Finch·Carmen Lopez·CT Mirror·Dan Malloy·Howard Gardner·Maria Pereira·Megan DeSombre·Paul Vallas