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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Category: Education
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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Pereira Files Complaint Charging School Board Chair Jessica Martinez Violated Election Law, Falsified Voting Address
City Councilwoman Maria Pereira on Monday filed a complaint with the State Elections Enforcement Commission alleging Board of Education Chair Jessica Martinez violated state law
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Fine By Me: State Ed Chief Punts Request To Intervene In School Board Hiring Of Testani As Permanent Superintendent
Former Board of Education member Kate Rivera received a response from Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona after she urged him to intervene following the school board
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