News release from Mayor’s Office: Mayor Ganim joined Superintendent Michael Testani along with Youth Services Director Tammy Papa, and Assistant CAO Herron Gaston to announce
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Category: Education
Education Advocate Urges State Legislators To Close “Justice Deficit” For Students
Jamilah Prince-Stewart, executive director of FaithActs For Education, testified before the legislature’s Appropriations Committee this week about what she describes a “justice deficit” in public
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Testani Sets Budget Workshops For Schools
School chief Michael Testani has scheduled three budget workshops to discuss the district’s spending plan that begins July 1 for 20,000 students. The budget proposed
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Say It Ain’t So, Joe–School Board Member Sokolovic, With Mighty Attendance Record, Stripped Of Chairmanships
He has the strongest attendance record of all the veteran members on the school board, but Joe Sokolovic has been stripped of two committee chairmanships
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Big Haul For Chief Perez, Leads List Of Top Municipal Wage Earners For 2019
Police Chief Armando Perez hauled in $461,061, leading the list of top 100 municipal wage earners for 2019. The bulk of the compensation comes from
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Barr: Make Me Health Director, I’ll Get Qualifications Later
Nothing like Tony Barr-speak. In the Facebook video above the Democratic Town Committee member praises City Councilwoman Eneida Martinez’s recent OIB commentary, We the people
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What, Me Worry? Taylor Pitches Judge On Representing Himself Against State Charges
Many mountains ago a conversation centered on a local wiseguy who received a pinch for this and that. A Westport attorney who knew his way
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Victim, Perpetrator Or Both? School Board Chair Jessica Martinez Struggles With The Truth And Police
Board of Education Chair Jessica Martinez’s surreal world continues. She’s now the subject of a local police criminal probe into the stabbing of her “ex”
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