The schedule for the City Council’s Budget & Appropriations Committee is coming down to the home stretch to conduct public hearings, interview department heads and
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Category: Education
“Hostile” Parent Who Shouted At Pereira Banned From Addressing School Board Until June 30
What began as an exchange in the comments section of OIB and spilled over to a Board of Education meeting has led Chair John Weldon
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Attention Budget Hawks, Your Chance To Squawk At Public Hearings
This Thursday April 18 at 6 pm the City Council’s Budget and Appropriations Committee will host a public hearing on Mayor Joe Ganim’s proposed spending
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Wanted: A Libertarian For School Board
Maybe the second time around will be a fit for city resident LaMar Kennedy. The Waterbury special education teacher was passed over last month to fill
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Lamont, Dalio $100 Million Public-Private Partnership Focuses On Education, Economic Opportunity For Urban Areas
Governor Ned Lamont on Friday was joined by philanthropists Ray and Barbara Dalio to announce a public-private partnership that they say will provide education and
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Angry Parent Shouts At Pereira During School Board Meeting For Comments Involving Son
Do words matter? They do for Albert Benejan, a city school parent offended by comments Board of Education member Maria Pereira made involving his son–that he
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Weldon: Walker School Board Resignation A Temper Tantrum
Board of Education Chairman John Weldon writes in response to Ben Walker’s resignation that “he became upset by a change of the rules, threw a
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Ben Walker: Why I Resigned From The School Board
From former Board of Education member Ben Walker: I recently resigned from the Bridgeport Board of Education. My resignation was the result of the leadership
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