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Friday, November 15, 2013

11-15-13 Wait What?

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Perry “urging” Capital Prep staff to lobby for his plan to take over Capital Prep and Sand Elementary
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse when it comes to Capital Preparatory Magnet School Principal Steve Perry and his lobbying effort to convince the Hartford Board of Education to allow him to set up his own company and then adopt a no-bid contract to give Perry full financial control of both Capital […]The post Perry “urging” Capital Prep staff to lobby for his plan to take over C

Steve Perry’s rhetoric…where nothing adds up
Yesterday, Steve Perry spoke in New Jersey.  His speech was laced with sexist comments and that was when he wasn’t trashing teachers. Perry’s bizarre behavior and even stranger commentary included comments like: “How can your job be hard? You work with kids all day! If it’s so hard, quit!”  We have these conversations in closed […]The post Steve Perry’s rhetoric…where nothing adds up appeared firs

Enough! Kishimoto, Segarra, Poland… you have an obligation to take action against Steve Perry
Steve Perry with be on the WNPR radio show this morning at 9am.   http://wnpr.org/post/education-conversation-dr-steve-perry But the situation with Capital Prep’s Steve Perry has reached a crisis level. Maybe Hartford officials give Capital Prep’s Steve Perry special treatment because of some secret deal.  Maybe it is because they are scared of the bully.  Maybe it is […]The post Enough! Kishimoto


11-14-13 Wait What?
Wait What?: NEWS FLASH: Hartford’s Sands Elementary School Next Takeover Target – to be handed to Steve PerryWith the fires caused by Hartford Superintendent of Schools Christina Kishimoto’s disastrous plan to close Clark Elementary School and hand it over to Achievement First are still raging, out-going Hartford Superintendent is headed to Sands Elementary School today tell parents and staff ther