Comments on: “Only in Bridgeport” http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/08/26/only-in-bridgeport/ Working to educate, persuade and mobilize through "perceptive and acerbic" observations about Connecticut Government and Politics Wed, 22 May 2013 22:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Melanie Savage http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/08/26/only-in-bridgeport/#comment-6211 Melanie Savage Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:31:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2802#comment-6211 Read the link provided above. Here it is again: http://truth-out.org/opinion/i…
I suspect it pretty well explains why the black and puerto rican causus has been silent.

]]> By: Linda174 http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/08/26/only-in-bridgeport/#comment-6209 Linda174 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:30:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2802#comment-6209 Free the goats! Poor things :(

]]> By: guest http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/08/26/only-in-bridgeport/#comment-6208 guest Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:57:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2802#comment-6208 When in American public education history have we had vouchers? Restore? Goatboy you’re still a douche!

]]> By: guest http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/08/26/only-in-bridgeport/#comment-6207 guest Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:24:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2802#comment-6207 http://www.theday.com/article/20120821/NWS01/308219968/1079
sorry, the link above is not good.

]]> By: guest http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/08/26/only-in-bridgeport/#comment-6206 guest Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:23:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2802#comment-6206 see herehttp://www.theday.com/article/20120821/NWS01/308219968/1079
stangely, the full extent of the exodus from Windham High School has not been covered by the Willimantic Chronicle.

]]> By: guest http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/08/26/only-in-bridgeport/#comment-6205 guest Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:17:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2802#comment-6205 That’s really great but utterly depressing.
Steven Adamowski is preparing the ground for closing whatever he can in Windham, then New London, most likely.
He is arranging for 10-11 students per year to take their “portable funding” of $11,020 out of Windham High School and pay Norwich Free Academy (a school almost 4 times as large, which is declining in local student numbers). Eventually this will be 11 students per year (44), meaning $440,000. If the students don’t behave, or can’t get a ride (parents transport), the student will end up back in Windham, but, like most of these arrangements, the money stays behind. In a school as large as NFA, they don’t even have to add one aide to accomodate these students.
And, get this–Adamowski plans to reveal 3 more deals like this to create more “choices” for parents with cars and the ability to rearrange their work schedules–costing nearly 2 million dollars in a school district that can’t even do basic maintenance to school buildings. Adamowski has thus far made these offers in a secretive way, hand-picking the families to leave the district.
The portable funding is a fictitious sum that is beloved of reformers and privatizers to bleed public money out of maining impoverished districts.

]]> By: Lorenzo http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/08/26/only-in-bridgeport/#comment-6204 Lorenzo Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:12:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2802#comment-6204 http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/9043-why-isnt-closing-40-philadelphia-public-schools-national-news#.T-aAP3ww55U.email

Another article about Vallas that shines light on the consequences of his agenda. He’s a one man hurricane.

]]> By: Rich White http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/08/26/only-in-bridgeport/#comment-6203 Rich White Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:22:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2802#comment-6203 Only in America would vochers be denied and taxpayers required to send their kids to union schools.
Restore freedom of choice: vouchers! The oligarchies and monopolies must go.

]]> By: brutus2011 http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/08/26/only-in-bridgeport/#comment-6202 brutus2011 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:47:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2802#comment-6202 “Only in Bridgeport” is an incomplete title.

New Haven should be added as well.

In fact, you really should be focusing on New Haven because the DeStefano-BOE-Mayo education cartel is much slicker than the Finch-BOE-Valla ed cartel.

And DeStefano is running for mayor yet again!

]]> By: brutus2011 http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/08/26/only-in-bridgeport/#comment-6201 brutus2011 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:27:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2802#comment-6201 I agree. I have recently begun to wonder where the Caucus really stands or just how much compromising is going on–or as some might say, selling out.

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