by Zachary Janowski | Oct 10, 2014 | Education, Features, General, Legal/Courts, Municipal, Taxes & Spending
The Brookfield Board of Education unanimously voted Thursday to terminate Superintendent Anthony Bivona, confirming a decision the board originally made in May. The same board that fired Bivona earlier this year sat in judgment of him during a multi-part hearing that...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 5, 2014 | Education, Features, General, Unions
A Connecticut teachers’ union official who holds an appointed position in state government calls herself a “union thug and proud of it” on her Twitter page. Jean Morningstar is second vice president of the American Federation of Teachers Connecticut. Gov. Dannel...
by Zachary Janowski | May 29, 2014 | Education, Features, General, Municipal
A New Haven school principal faulted for problems at her school lost her post – as part of her reassignment to run a different school. The New Haven Independent has the story: In the wake of a blistering state audit revealing deep troubles and a divided faculty at...
by Zachary Janowski | Mar 11, 2014 | Education, Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The largest teacher pension in the state of Connecticut goes to the head of the Capitol Region Education Council where he makes $130,000 in salary on top of his $198,000 pension. Bruce Douglas has headed CREC since 2001. CREC runs 18 magnet schools, administers...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 9, 2014 | Education, Features, General, Health Care, Municipal, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
The Brookfield Board of Finance reviewed a draft audit Wednesday showing the town’s schools used improper accounting to hide overspending in the past two fiscal years amounting to $1.1 million. The town’s auditors from Mahoney Sabol & Company said the schools are...
by Zachary Janowski | Dec 30, 2013 | Education, Ethics, Features, General, Politics
Gov. Dannel Malloy publicly named Nicholas Donofrio chairman of the Board of Regents of Higher Education weeks after he and his wife made $10,000 contributions to the Connecticut Democratic Party. The Ridgefield couple made the max-out donations to the party’s federal...
