Why would Norwalk hire one of Malloy’s key witnesses against fair school funding for Norwalk
There are many questions about why the Norwalk Board of Education would hire the extremely controversial and combative Steven Adamowski to be the community’s next superintendent of schools.
Adamowski has left a trail of destruction behind him. One need only ask parents, teachers, school administrators and taxpayers in Windham, New London and even Hartford.
But above all else, not only is Adamowski one of Governor Dannel Malloy’s closest advisors and allies when it comes to education, Adamowski – who is presently on the payroll of Malloy’s Department of Education – is one of Malloy’s star witnesses in the effort to derail and destroy the critically important CCJEF v. Rell School Funding Lawsuit.
In fact, when the CCJEF v. Rell case finally goes to trial later this year, Steven Adamowski will be there.
But Adamowski won’t be there to testify on behalf of Connecticut’s public school students, teachers, parents and schools. And he won’t be there to testify on behalf of Connecticut’s property taxpayers.
And he certainly won’t be there to testify on behalf of the best interests of Norwalk.
He will actually be there to testify against all of those people.
Instead, Steven Adamowski will be there to testify on behalf of Governor Dannel Malloy and his effort to stop Connecticut’s judicial branch from finally requiring that the state of Connecticut to design and adopt a fair and equitable school funding system.
The truth is that Steven Adamowski has already given a deposition in support of Malloy’s position and against the interest of Norwalk and all the other communities that are fighting so hard to force Connecticut’s elected officials to adopt a fair, equitable and constitutional school funding formula.
Here at Wait, What? I’ve called the CCJEF v. Rell lawsuit the single most important court case of our lifetime. There are almost as many posts about the CCJEF case as there are against Adamowski.
CCJEF v. Rell is the case that correctly argues that Connecticut’s school funding system is unconstitutional and that Connecticut’s Governor and General Assembly have a Why would Norwalk hire one of Malloy’s key witnesses against fair school funding for Norwalk - Wait What?: