From Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, CT Mirror: The cost to bus charter school students and advocates to rallies: $87,870. The cost of providing them food from Subway: $14,040. 0
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City Council Approves Budget, No Tax Increase
The City Council Monday night by an 18-2 vote approved the no-tax-increase budget proposed by Mayor Bill Finch in a municipal election year. Councilors Enrique
Read moreJudge Radcliffe Echoes School Board Case, ‘We Do Not Elect To Be Ruled’
In his recent acceptance of the Law Day Award from the Greater Bridgeport Bar Association, Superior Court Judge Dale Radcliffe addresses the “cabal” that tried
Read moreFinch Applauds Funds To Upgrade Pre-K Classrooms
From city Communications Director Brett Broesder: Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that the State Bond Commission is anticipated to approve nearly $1.6 million in
Read more“Bridgeport Kids Can’t Wait”–Charter School Supporters Rally For Funds
From Kathleen Megan, Hartford Courant: On a picture-perfect Thursday, hundreds of children, parents and grandparents donned chartreuse T-shirts and danced, shouted and pumped their signs
Read moreSenator Moore Praises Efforts Of Community Farm
News release from State Senator Marilyn Moore: After their community farm building was burned to the ground in March, Green Village Initiative (GVI) is now
Read moreGardner Tends To Minimum Budget Requirement Controversy
Democratic mayoral candidate Howard Gardner, a member of the Board of Education, asserts the city’s pulling a dipsy doodle when it comes to financially meeting
Read moreLegislative Committee Nixes Funding For New Charter School In Bridgeport
A charter school advocacy group has taken to the airwaves a day after the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee scuttled funding for new charter schools in
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