Comments on: The price of Paul Vallas’ no-bid contracts continues to grow… http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/09/24/the-price-of-paul-vallas-no-bid-contracts-continues-to-grow/ Working to educate, persuade and mobilize through "perceptive and acerbic" observations about Connecticut Government and Politics Fri, 24 May 2013 16:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jonpelto http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/09/24/the-price-of-paul-vallas-no-bid-contracts-continues-to-grow/#comment-6727 jonpelto Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:07:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2971#comment-6727 Who needs art, music, let’s call them specials and pretend that kids should only take them if they are special – like if they live in wealthy communities. Sent from my BlackBerry please excuss typos

]]> By: R.L. http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/09/24/the-price-of-paul-vallas-no-bid-contracts-continues-to-grow/#comment-6723 R.L. Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:00:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2971#comment-6723 During that reign of terror, I found three pottery wheels on the loading dock, ready to be thrown away. I brought my truck in the next day and took them home.

]]> By: guest http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/09/24/the-price-of-paul-vallas-no-bid-contracts-continues-to-grow/#comment-6695 guest Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:33:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2971#comment-6695 Will anyone stand up for taxpayers of Connecticut and Bridgeport?
NOPE!

]]> By: Apartheid First http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/09/24/the-price-of-paul-vallas-no-bid-contracts-continues-to-grow/#comment-6693 Apartheid First Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:08:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2971#comment-6693 I wring my hands and tear my hair every time I hear more accounts of Adamowski. I think I will just call myself Hecuba and spend my time rending my garments.
Charlie, you should join with the resistance movement that is building to expose and oppose these senseless and harmful reforms.
Sewing and autoshop are necessities! Cooking is math! Most of the so-called electives–which fill out the schedules of students in the ‘burbs, by the way–are life skills.

]]> By: Charlie Puffers http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/09/24/the-price-of-paul-vallas-no-bid-contracts-continues-to-grow/#comment-6691 Charlie Puffers Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:33:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2971#comment-6691 Hartford has always done a great job of being wasteful like this. One program after another is tried and discarded. Math, reading, and writing programs come and go every few years. Money is spent on training teachers and purchasing materials. Peter Dart came into Kennelly School and rented a dumpster to throw out a brand new reading program. Tech Ed classes were eliminated at Bulkeley High School during the Adamowski reign of terror. So all of the sewing machines, stoves, refrigerators, saws, drills, etc were given away; moved to the hallway for people to help themselves. Out in the auto shop the state of the art equipment was sold at a loss. Then, two years ago Oscar Padua hires some parents (husband and wife) to clean up the shop and paint it. (Not sure what the custodians union would say about that.) Then he spends approx. 100 grand on brand new equipment – auto lifts, spray painting stuff, etc. To this day the new shop is a mystery. Classes are not taught out there. There is no auto academy on the choice application. Since there are no electives like cooking, sewing, and auto shop students take geometry or algebra or physical science over and over even after passing it and earning credit. Some students have 2 1/2 credits in the same course.

]]> By: Linda174 http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/09/24/the-price-of-paul-vallas-no-bid-contracts-continues-to-grow/#comment-6689 Linda174 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:34:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2971#comment-6689 Look at the prices for a classroom program:

Complete Reading Program – Bookshop Grade 3 Complete Classroom Program

$3,095.00

http://www.mondopub.com/c/@pGr.fOMgFixUU/Pages/product.html?nocache@6+record@S5007

]]> By: Linda174 http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/09/24/the-price-of-paul-vallas-no-bid-contracts-continues-to-grow/#comment-6688 Linda174 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:38:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2971#comment-6688 Can’t they be donated to an after school program…boys and girls club….how can they waste new materials….and teachers are the problem?

]]> By: Linda174 http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/09/24/the-price-of-paul-vallas-no-bid-contracts-continues-to-grow/#comment-6687 Linda174 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:32:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2971#comment-6687 Real parents stick together..fake ones appear in propaganda movies bankrolled by billionaire philanthropimps looking to cash in on the hearts, minds and souls of our children. Won’t shut up!

]]> By: Apartheid First http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/09/24/the-price-of-paul-vallas-no-bid-contracts-continues-to-grow/#comment-6686 Apartheid First Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:30:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2971#comment-6686 What a scandal! Can you photograph/youtube this?
The pathetic newspapers might not pick up the story, but maybe ctnewsjunkie? A picture is worth a thousand words as they say, and tax payer dollars going down the toilet would be a huge embarassment. Finch, Malloy, and Vallas should be embarrassed, held accountable, and, of course, fired.

]]> By: Apartheid First http://jonathanpelto.com/2012/09/24/the-price-of-paul-vallas-no-bid-contracts-continues-to-grow/#comment-6685 Apartheid First Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:27:00 +0000 http://imnctnetwork.com/waitwhat/?p=2971#comment-6685 Thank you, I had my suspicions about how/why Friar got the contract. The presentation to the public of their master plan was an utter joke. Since it’s Windham, I was not sure if it was just the usual incompetence, magnified by the Special Master’s personal investment. Now I know.

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