Bridgeport Board of Education schedules emergency vote Monday to formally make Vallas permanent superintendent - Wait, What?:
by jonpelto
This coming Monday and Tuesday, a Connecticut superior court judge will be holding two days of testimony and arguments in the case of whether Paul Vallas is legally entitled to serve as Bridgeport’s Superintendent of Schools.Instead of waiting and respecting the process, Kenneth Moales, Jr. the Chairman of the Bridgeport Board of Education has scheduled an emergency meeting on Monday at 5pm to force a vote to make Paul Vallas Bridgeport’s permanent superintendent. Moales and the members loyal to Mayor Bill Finch are taking this action following the decision by Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, to officially waived Vallas’ need to hold proper administrator certification.This stunning, “middle finger” to Connecticut’s judicial system is one more glaring example of
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