It appears the Bridgeport Board of Education is still fighting over who has the power to make final hiring decisions – though this time it wasn’t about Bassick High School’s principal. Howard Gardner and Sauda Baraka seem to think it’s not the Superintendent, despite it being plainly spelled out in the BOE’s certified staff hiring… Continue reading Bridgeport BOE Still Fighting Over Administrator Hiring Process
Senator Joseph McCarthy ain’t got nothing on Bridgeport’s District Parents Advisory Council (PAC). According to a letter from Multicultural Magnet PAC Vice President Cecile Lobo, the District PAC has been bullying her, and is now trying to oust her as VP, because of her alleged affiliation with the education advocacy group Excel Bridgeport. The District… Continue reading Bridgeport Parent Fights Back Against District PAC “Witch Hunt”
The concerns of Cesar Batalla parents, who have waited over three months for the board to discuss some of the shenanigans pulled by the Working Families Party align-District Parent Advisory Council, will finally be heard. The school board’s Community Engagement Committee will meet today, Thursday, April 10th at 5pm, in City Hall Room 305, 45… Continue reading Bridgeport’s Board to Discuss Parent Issues at Batalla
At a school that serves over 1,178 students, only 20 parents were present at last Friday’s Parent Advisory Council (PAC) election at Cesar Batalla School. In other words, approximately 0.6 percent of eligible parents voted on Batalla’ new PAC Board. These aren’t normal statistics for Batalla. Over 500 eligible parents showed up at the school’s… Continue reading Bridgeport Parent Advisory Council Succeeds in Disenfranchising Batalla Parents
In its apparently authoritarian style, Bridgeport’s District Parent Advisory Council is holding an election tonight to replace Juan Torrealba as Cesar A. Batalla School’s Parent Advisory Council president. Tonight’s election might have already been held, if the district council leadership had been allowed to act unimpeded. They tried to replace Torrealba during what amounted to… Continue reading Batalla Parents Call for Investigation into District Parent Advisory Council
