Meanwhile, Special Master Adamowski instructs Windham employees to forward Pelto emails to Pryor’s Office - Wait, What?

Meanwhile, Special Master Adamowski instructs Windham employees to forward Pelto emails to Pryor’s Office - Wait, What?:

Meanwhile, Special Master Adamowski instructs Windham employees to forward Pelto emails to Pryor’s Office

by jonpelto

Just when you think you’ve seen it all…

Steven Adamowski, Hartford’s former superintendent of schools, is in his second year as the Malloy Administration’s Special Master.  His responsibilities include “overseeing” the Windham and New London School systems on behalf of the Connecticut State Department of Education.

Adamowski’s $225,000, plus benefits, “no-bid” contract was run through the State Education Resource Center (SERC) in order to avoid Connecticut’s bidding laws.  Although he is a consultant to SERC, he reports to Stefan Pryor, Malloy’s Commissioner of Education.  As a state (or state-related) consultant, he must abide by Connecticut’s Freedom of Information and ethics laws.

Over the past two years, it has become increasingly clear that Mr. Adamowski’s approach to “governance” is heavy-handed, arguably abusive and far from the open and honest