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Thursday, February 6, 2014

2-4-14 Wait What? - Pryor must go

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Steve Perry’s Capital Prep Bridgeport Charter School management fee for initial five years – $2.7 million
The Hartford Bridgeport Board of Education is paying Steve Perry a large salary to serve as the Principal of its Capital Prep Magnet School.  Perry has a twelve month contract so he is supposed to be “on duty” year around. Although Perry has missed 20 percent of the Capital Prep school days this year, he […]The post Steve Perry’s Capital Prep Bridgeport Charter School management fee for initial fi

Snow Day(s) Re-Cap: The Wait, What? Posts you may have missed
As a result of the polar vortex (otherwise known as a polar cyclone, polar low, or a circumpolar whirl), some Wait, What? readers may have missed some of the latest posts.  Here is a re-cap: Hello CT and Hartford officials… Is there anyone who will confront the lawbreakers? Are there any elected or appointed official in Connecticut who […]The post Snow Day(s) Re-Cap: The Wait, What? Posts you may

Connecticut Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor must go

Even putting aside the fact that Governor Dannel Malloy’s re-election dreams face an insurmountable hurdle if Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor and his gang of corporate education reform industry staff and consultants remain in place; Pryor must go if Malloy and the Democrats are truly interested in improving the state of the state when it […]The post Connecticut Commissioner of Education Ste




2-4-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Hello CT and Hartford officials… Is there anyone who will confront the lawbreakers?Are there any elected or appointed official in Connecticut who have the courage and conviction to actually ensure the laws of this state are equitably enforced? Student-athlete recruitment by interdistrict magnet schools such as Capital Prep Magnet Schools is illegal in Connecticut.  (For example, see Se