Comments on: What is Paul Vallas doing to Bridgeport’s Special Education Students?

By: Another BPTTCHR

Another BPTTCHR — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:58:00 +0000

Any Bridgeport teacher would know this information. Whatever the case, he/she hits and runs.

On the plus side, I do like the use of the word ‘paradigm’.

On the negative, he/she doesn’t support or confirm anything.

Linda, I believe it’s a troll, and any more posts that don’t answer these questions will force me to write my grandmother’s recipe for Indian Pudding.

By: Linda174

Linda174 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:22:00 +0000

Maybe this is the woman who works on labor issues and flits from state to state and then takes “vacations”. Cozette ??? I forget the last name. Maybe?

By: Another BPTTCHR

Another BPTTCHR — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:55:00 +0000

Just a simple question here, BPTTCHR. Who is our 2012 Teacher of the Year? Consider this a deliverable.

By: Another BPTTCHR

Another BPTTCHR — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:06:00 +0000

BPTTCHR ~
I’m not even sure you work in Bridgeport. If you do, I’m sure you know the name of the 2012 Bridgeport Teacher of the Year – it’s general information.
I’ll wait.

By: Another BPTTCHR

Another BPTTCHR — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:03:00 +0000

They’ve probably already been collected and sent to the dump. Vallas should have done something weeks ago. What a shame – Haitian students would have really benefited.

By: msavage

msavage — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:11:00 +0000

This just supports what I said above. Someone like Vallas–who apparently has no conscience and only focuses on making more money for himself and his cronies–also doesn’t care about waste of resources. What does he care about a dumpster full of perfectly good textbooks that’ll end up in a dump or an ash landfill somewhere? He NEEDS to order those new books so that his textbook-company-owning cronies can make some more money! That’s all that matters!

By: msavage

msavage — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:09:00 +0000

I think the textbook comment is a different person–identifies him/herself as “Another BPTTCHR.”

By: Castles Burning

Castles Burning — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:02:00 +0000

Can you do anything to prevent the loss of these textbooks?

By: Linda174

Linda174 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:01:00 +0000

Isn’t throwing out new reading and math books wasteful?
You contradict your own points. I am confused.

By: melanie savage

melanie savage — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:54:00 +0000

Yep, plenty of corruption at UConn–agreed. Plenty of curruption statewide. Plenty of corruption nationwide. Do you expect Jon Pelto to fix all of ‘em because he happens to live in Storrs, CT, the US? But feel free to share more with us regarding the “consultants” from UConn who are profiting from Bpt. schools. I, for one, would be interested in learning more.
Re Vallas–please take a look at his track record in New Orleans, Philadelphia, Chicago. Take a look at the lists of consultants he has brought in from outside CT–cronies he has used in other districts that he has squeezed dry. Then take a look at Diane Ravitch’s blog (dianeravitch.net) and read about teachers from all over the country who are dealing with similar opportunistic, capitalistic “reformers.” Take a look at these things and tell me that you still believe Vallas has the best interests of Bpt. teachers, students, parents, taxpayers in mind. This is a nationwide trend, part of a capitalistic free-for-all designed to steal as much money as possible from unsuspecting taxpayers, regardless of the harm done to others. Related to big oil companies who continue to push fossil fuels and pour millions of dollars into lobbying designed to thwart renewable energy research and development–despite the fact that there’s overwhelming scientific evidence suggesting that these actions will result in catastrophic climate change. Related to “too big to fail” banks who manipulate the market and hoard money in offshore accounts despite the fact that they KNOW they are destroying the American economy, the American middle class. Related to corporations like WalMart that foster the manufacture of cheap goods overseas despite the fact that they KNOW they are putting smaller shopkeepers at home out of business. They KNOW that those workers overseas are being underpaid and mistreated. Related to companies like Monsanto that push the use of genetically-modified seeds in India despite the fact that they KNOW they’re contributing to farmers’ suicides. Related to a U.S military that, instead of addressing the real issues behind a shocking rise in suicide rates among U.S. soldiers (13024-military-developing-anti-suicide-nasal-spray-as-deaths-hit-record-numbers)–instead of admitting to it’s own contributions to this tragic phenomenon, invests millions of dollars into a nasal-spray panacea. They’re all related. It’s opportunistic, sociopathic, greedy jerks without a conscience gaining control in every sector–corporations, military, government, academia, public schools, public prisons, agriculture. Paul Vallas is just a part of this overall trend. And decent people need to start fighting this trend before there’s nothing left to fight for. Starting at home, in CT. With Paul Vallas and Adamowski. Or with whatever other opportunistic, sociopathic jerk you choose to take on. Take your pick. There’s no shortage.