Four years ago City Councilman Scott Burns was handed a canary in a coal mine. He was budget co-chair during implementation of revaluation of taxable
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Category: Education
School Board Removes Jessica Martinez As Chair
The Board of Education Monday night by a 6-3 margin removed Jessica Martinez as chair, just three months after appointing her board leader of the
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School Board To Vote On Removing Martinez As Chair
The Board of Education will meet Monday night in special session to vote on one agenda item: “Action to Remove Jessica Martinez from the Office
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Pastor McCullough: Justice Is In Deficit When Black, Brown And Low-Income Children Don’t Receive The Education Funding They Deserve
Pastor William McCullough, founder of the Bridgeport-based education advocacy group FaithActs For Education, testified on Tuesday before the state legislature’s Black and Puerto Rican Caucus hearing
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School Board Places Jessica Martinez On Notice For Removal As Chair
A majority of the Board of Education Monday night placed Jessica Martinez on written notice that they intend to remove her as chair on March
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Chasing Ned–Testani Receives ‘Runaround’ From Lamont To Discuss School Finances
On the 2018 campaign trail, Ned Lamont promised Bridgeport a lot of goodies: fully funding education, fully funding payments in lieu of taxes to reduce
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Field Of Dreams Scholarship Fund To Benefit Bridgeport Students
For ticket info see here. The mission of the Bridgeport Field of Dreams Foundation is to support Bridgeport public school athletes’ abilities to participate and
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Education Advocacy Group Presses Ganim For More School Funding
FaithActs for Education founder Pastor William McCullough on Thursday delivered a letter to Mayor Joe Ganim reminding him of “promises he made at FaithActs’ Nov.
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