From Ed Stannard, Hearst Media: Gaston, senior pastor of Summerfield United Methodist Church in Bridgeport and associate director of admissions and recruitment at Yale Divinity School, leads
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Category: Education
School Board Fight: “Piranha” Versus “Napoleon”
School board member Maria Pereira, the self-styled piranha of city politics, put her cell phone camera to work Wednesday night capturing a city police officer
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Wanted: Board Of Education Member
Shared by Board of Education Chair John Weldon: SEEKING BRIDGEPORT BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER The Bridgeport Board of Education is seeking an individual to fill
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Weldon Announces Timeline To Fill Bradley Vacancy On School Board
OIB reached out to Board of Education Chairman John Weldon about establishing a timeline to fill the vacancy of Dennis Bradley who resigned from the
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Were Community Conversations Canceled For Political Expediency?
School board members Maria Pereira and Ben Walker charge that “These five school board members, with Superintendent Johnson’s support, didn’t cancel the Community Conversations because
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Ben Walker: School Board Coup Worthy Of A Junta
Board of Education member Ben Walker writes, in a commentary, “This Super Majority is so afraid of the words from one minority voice, Maria Pereira,
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Bradley Files Resignation From School Board With City Clerk
“I hereby resign as a member of The Board of Education.” With that declaration in writing to board Chairman John Weldon, filed and stamped Friday
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Death Of Democracy Or Pragmatic Reforms? School Board Amends Bylaws Challenged By Minority Vote
Streamline meandering meetings or silence the indomitable roar of Maria Pereira? Whatever the case the Board of Education Wednesday night voted to overhaul its bylaws
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