UPDATE, includes state letter: Jonathan Pelto, who hosts the What Wait? blog, files his latest report about issues surrounding a day care center controlled by Board of Education member Ken Moales and his family. One of the issues centers on a letter from the Connecticut Division of Early Care and Education notifying the Bridgeport Public […]
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State Audit Demands Repayment From Moales Day Care Center
May 10th, 2014 · 71 Comments · City Politics, Education, News and Events, State Politics
Pelto: Moales Should Resign From School Board
May 10th, 2014 · 16 Comments · Education, News and Events
Jonathan Pelto’s second day story about Ken Moales and why he should resign from the Board of Education. After reviewing the facts, it is clearly time for a truly independent investigation into the Moales daycare center operation …
Tags: Bill Finch·Dan Malloy·Jonathan Pelto·Ken Moales·Paul Vallas·Stefan Pryor
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
Tags: Bill Finch·Carmen Lopez·CT Mirror·Dan Malloy·Howard Gardner·Maria Pereira·Megan DeSombre·Paul Vallas
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 Viggiano·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
Why Is School Board Member Moales Receiving A Taxpayer Subsidy For A BOE-Supported Program?
May 12th, 2014 · 32 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education
UPDATE: Let’s assume Board of Education member the Rev. Ken Moales and his mother Peggy run efficient Bridgeport daycare operations called Kingdom’s Little Ones Academy and Kingdom’s Little Ones Daycare, properties run as subsidiaries of Moales’ church, Cathedral of the Holy Spirit. Let’s assume they do everything in accordance with regulations of the Board of […]
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Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Jonathan Pelto·Ken Moales·Paul Vallas