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This Is What Disparity Looks Like: One Bridgeport Parent Pleads For School Board To Visit Schools
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This Is What Disparity Looks Like: One Bridgeport Parent Pleads For School Board To Visit Schools

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“You have to deal with what’s given to you” isn’t how education should work, but that’s exactly how Bridgeport mom Celia Vizcarrondo feels. On Monday night she spoke during Bridgeport’s regular school board meeting, along with other parents organized by the advocacy group Faith Acts. Faith Acts is a non-profit that’s been working for the past… Continue reading This Is What Disparity Looks Like: One Bridgeport Parent Pleads For School Board To Visit Schools

Bridgeport Schools to Receive $11 million in Federal Grants
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Bridgeport Schools to Receive $11 million in Federal Grants

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Tuesday, Superintendent Paul Vallas announced Bridgeport Public Schools will receive an $11.1 million federal grant over the next three years. The grant was awarded through the U.S. Department of Education’s Magnet Schools Assistance Program. The district will receive $3.2 million in the first year, and then $3.9 million in the second and third years. This… Continue reading Bridgeport Schools to Receive $11 million in Federal Grants