UPDATE, includes BOE agenda: The Board of Education with four newly elected members is scheduled to conduct an organizational meeting Monday 6:30 p.m. at the
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Special Election Result Provides Opening For Mayor To Win November Charter Question
If there’s opposition to how Mayor Bill Finch has engineered a shakeup of city schools it did not resonate organizationally at the polls in Tuesday’s
Read moreState-Appointed School Board, Following Final Meeting, Makes Its Case For Progress
On Tuesday nine candidates for Board of Education will be on the ballot for a special election ordered by the Connecticut Supreme Court after it
Read moreTransforming City High Schools–Connecting Students To Colleges
Former Mayor John Fabrizi and fellow school administrators Michael Testani and Peter Ziegler head Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas’ High School Transformation Team. Vallas, the
Read moreKnock, Knock, Anyone Home? We Need You To Vote–Teachers Endorse Bags, Babs, Kelleher For School Board
A coalition of community interests including clergy, education and social justice is urging Bridgeport voters to turn out for the Sept. 4 special election to fill four
Read moreVallas Puts College Plan Into Action
Shortly after Paul Vallas took over as school chief in January he announced a plan to build relationships between area colleges and universities to assist
Read moreDueling Letters: Kelleher Highlights Progress In Schools–Pereira And Baraka Respond
Maria Pereira and Sauda Baraka, the two Working Families Party members on the elected Board of Education take issue with an essay written by Jacqueline
Read moreVallas Corrects Record On Special Ed
From the office of Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas: It was recently brought to our attention that there is a budget document that has been
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