Teach for America staffers who fill teaching positions say they’re being singled out with an asterisk on Board of Education agendas regarding personnel matters. School Board Chair Sauda Baraka says it’s a means to determine cost factors. School board member Ken Moales says the practice is discriminatory.
Entries Tagged as 'Sauda Baraka'
Teach For America Staffers Tell School Board No Asterisk, Please***
June 24th, 2014 · 18 Comments · Education, News and Events
Attorney: No Legal Basis To Challenge Charter Schools
June 6th, 2014 · 69 Comments · Education, News and Events
From Megan DeSombre Education Bridgeport. Bridgeport has no legal basis to sue the state over newly approved state charter schools, according to an email from attorney Thomas Mooney to the city’s interim school district superintendent, Fran Rabinowitz.
Tags: Megan DeSombre·Sauda Baraka
Finch To School Board, Real Culprit For Lack Of Funding Is The State
May 13th, 2014 · 50 Comments · Education, News and Events
Mayor Bill Finch Monday night appeared before the Board of Education to address members’ concerns the city’s not meeting the state’s Minimum Budget Requirement to fund city schools, saying their beef should be with the state’s taxing structure and not with him. Some board members, including chairman Sauda Baraka, claim the city circumvented its obligation […]
Tags: CT Post·Hernan Illingworth·Howard Gardner·Linda Conner Lambeck·Sauda Baraka
Baker: I Do What’s Right For The Kids
April 30th, 2014 · 29 Comments · Education, News and Events
A day after his swing vote on the Board of Education approved the site plan for a high school to replace Harding on Boston Avenue property owned by General Electric, former East End City Councilman Andre Baker tells OIB his school board votes will not be swayed by candidate alliances he built for his election […]
Tags: Andre Baker·Bill Finch·CT Post·Dan Malloy·General Electric·Harding High School·Hernan Illingworth·Joe Larcheveque·John Bagley·Maria Pereira·Megan DeSombre·Sauda Baraka
School Board Approves High School Location To Replace Harding, Baker’s Vote Breaks From Working Families Party Opposition
April 29th, 2014 · 64 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Development and Zoning, Education, News and Events
Talk about a long night’s journey into the next morning. The Board of Education Tuesday morning, by a 5-4 vote, approved the site plan for a new school to replace Harding High on property owned by General Electric that once housed a munitions factory on Boston Avenue.
Tags: Andre Baker·Bill Finch·Bridgeport Hospital·CT Post·David Hennessey·General Electric·Harding High School·Hernan Illingworth·Jacqueline Kelleher·Joe Larcheveque·John Bagley·Ken Moales·Linda Conner Lambeck·Sauda Baraka
Enforcing The City Charter (When Convenient)–School Board Debates Legal Hires, Charter Schools
April 28th, 2014 · 28 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Education, News and Events
City Attorney Mark Anastasi’s interpretation of the City Charter is always a fascinating study. Mark claims it’s okay for city employees to serve on the City Council in clear violation of the City Charter because a loophole in state law allows the conflict of interest, despite legal rulings communities cannot be permitted to use state law as […]
Tags: Bill Finch·CT Post·Joe Ganim·John Fabrizi·Mark Anastasi·Sauda Baraka
Would You Want Carmen Dickson As Your Campaign Treasurer?
April 30th, 2014 · 4 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education, News and Events, State Politics
Teresa Davidson has filed a candidate committee seeking the Democratic nomination for Connecticut’s 128th State House District occupied by freshman legislator Christina Ayala. The city’s anti-blight chief Chris Rosario is also seeking the nomination. Attorney Dennis Bradley, a city fire commissioner, has formed an exploratory committee in consideration of a run. The intriguing part of Davidson’s […]
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Tags: Carmen Dickson·Chris Rosario·Christina Ayala·Dennis Bradley·Jacqueline Kelleher·John Bagley·Sandra Kase·Sauda Baraka