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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

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Breaking News: Citizens prevented from addressing Hartford Board of Education on Steve Perry
At tonight’s Hartford Board of Education meeting, the outgoing Chairman of the Hartford Board of Education, Matt Poland, used a procedural maneuver to prevent Hartford parents and other concerned citizens from addressing the Board about Capital Magnet School Principal Steve Perry prior to the Board’s scheduled executive session on Perry. Claiming that citizens could only […]The post Breaking News:

NEWS FLASH: Did Capital Prep corrupt School Choice Lottery process to enroll student-athletes.
Last August, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference stepped in to investigate serious allegations of inappropriate even illegal, recruitment of student-athletes by Capital Prep Magnet School. The CIAC Board of Control authorized an independent investigation and then meet to review and act upon the recruitment investigation reports that had been lodged against Capital Preparatory Schoo

Capital Prep “Table of Shame” Steve Perry on the notion of “Professional Responsibility to Students.”
When the Hartford Board of Education meets in executive session tonight to discuss the bizarre behavior of Capital Prep Principal Steve Perry, let us hope that they have a copy of  The Connecticut Code of Professional Responsibility for School Administrators which lay out the school administrator’s duties as mandated by Connecticut State Regulations 10-145d-400b. Because […]The post Capital Prep “

Wait, What? Just who is Capital Prep Principal Steve Perry calling “insane?”
When the Hartford Board of Education meets tonight in executive session, they can add one more of Steve Perry’s recent tweets to the laundry list of issues to be discussed. Dr. Steve Perry@DrStevePerry Tweeted; “Union bullied pols are the reason your kids are on a waiting list. Add to their fear insane bloggers & tweeters […]The post Wait, What? Just who is Capital Prep Principal Steve Perry c

Another Former Capital Prep teacher speaks out…

The Hartford Board of Education will meet behind closed doors during tonight’s meeting to discuss Capital Prep Principal Steve Perry.  Rather than attend to his duties as a Hartford public school principal, Perry has missed 20 percent of the school days this year as he gallivants around the country giving speeches for hire.  If he […]The post Another Former Capital Prep teacher speaks out… appeare




2-3-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Commissioner Stefan Pryor gets another “F” for complying with Freedom of Information Act:Connecticut’s Freedom of Information act is extraordinarily clear: Connecticut State Statutes:   Sec. 1-212  reads: “Any person applying in writing shall receive, promptly upon request, a plain, facsimile, electronic or certified copy of any public record.” Out of sheer frustration about the State