When will a special election for Board of Education take place? That’s been the central question since the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled against the state
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Elected School Board Members: Charter Commission A Dog And Pony Show
Maria Pereira, Bobby Simmons and Sauda Baraka, elected members of the Board of Education, have responded to a request to address the mayoral-empaneled Charter Revision Commission
Read moreFoster Signature Count Continues–BOE Court Hearing On Friday
As local election officials continue to review petition signatures submitted by Democratic mayoral candidate Mary-Jane Foster, her citywide slate of candidates and City Council office
Read moreKohut: BOE Takeover A Nefarious Plan
Independent mayoral candidate Jeff Kohut writes that state control of city schools is an “infamous part of Bridgeport’s history.” From Kohut: The BOE Three must
Read moreCoviello: ‘The Three Stooges’ Of The BOE Takeover
From Democratic mayoral candidate Charlie Coviello: The pathetic lament by Mayor Bill Finch that he has no power over the Board of Education has been
Read more‘The Unholy Trinity Of Power, Arrogance And Incompetence’
Whoa! Retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez takes a bite out of Mayor Bill Finch, Superintendent of Schools John Ramos and BOE President Barbara Bellinger
Read moreA ‘Sneak Attack On Democracy’
Board of Education members Maria Pereira, Sauda Baraka and Bobby Simmons, the vocal minority condemning the state takeover of city schools, share this opinion piece
Read moreMalloy: ‘I Didn’t Volunteer For This’–State Control Of Schools Should Be Short Term
Governor Dannel Malloy, in an interview with OIB Thursday afternoon, said the state panel that will operate Bridgeport Public Schools at the urging of city educators
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