The illegally appointed Bridgeport School Board is meeting tonight. One of their agenda items is a discussion about extending the City’s contract with Paul Vallas. Reportedly, board members want to sign a multi-year contract with Vallas in order to prevent the democratically elected board that will soon take office from conducting their own review of whether Vallas is the most appropriate person to lead Bridgeport’s schools.
But the Vallas contract is just part of a web of contracts and deals that have been signed or will be signed locking down Bridgeport’s options for the future.
When Paul Vallas recently presented his “Good Schools Budget: 2013 Budget and School Improvement Plan” it included a vague reference to a company called the Public Consulting Group (PCG.) His presentation read, “PCG Group is auditing the district’s
