UPDATE: Stamford Advocate joins effort to warn about conflict of interest on State Board of Education - Wait, What?

Stamford Advocate joins effort to warn about conflict of interest on State Board of Education - Wait, What?:

And in Hartford, Jumoke Academy pulls down another $1.1 million, while Achievement First collects $1.2 million

by jonpelto

Meanwhile, as Jumoke’s Chief Operating Officer waits for the Connecticut Legislature to vote to put her on the State Board of Education, the Hartford Board of Education voted last night to direct another $1,054,143 to the Jumoke Academy and $1,173,327 to Achievement First. On a 5 to 1 vote, the Hartford Board of Education authorized [...]

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And in Windham…the New Magnet School still hasn’t filed an approved Operations Plan but is using an inappropriate application

by jonpelto

You can keep Governor Malloy’s “Special Master”, Steven Adamowski, and Windham’s school administrators on the list of entities and individuals who seem unable or unwilling to follow the state’s laws and rules. With the lottery to select students for Windham‘s new Charles H. Barrows STEM Academy Magnet School about to take place, Adamowski and the [...]

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Stamford Advocate joins effort to warn about conflict of interest on State Board of Education

by jonpelto

As the Connecticut Legislature prepares to take up the nomination of Andrea Comer to the State Board of Education, the Stamford Advocate has joined the chorus warning that it would be a conflict of interest for her to serve on the Board.

About the controversy surrounding Comer, who serves as the Chief Operating Officer of the Jumoke Academy and FUSE charter school management company, the Stamford Advocate wrote, “Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has appointed Comer to the board — raising eyebrows and questions about a conflict of interest. The board has direct oversight of the charter school industry, decides whether to reauthorize charters and votes on funding and