Comments for Education Matters

Comment on No one votes, preschool slots get awarded anyway. by Joe Black

Joe Black — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:40:08 +0000

Bridgeport it seems is as corrupt as ever. The direct family of the board chair refusing to recuse himself when the money will benefit his family? That’s unheard of and should not be tolerated. That a 5 member quorum like sheep, voted to adjourn is amazing. Where is the fiduciary for the children, for the taxpayers? Bridgeport BOE are a bunch of pretty lame “public servants.” Messenger Moales should apologize and beg the forgiveness of those present and taxpayers in general.

Comment on Survey: UConn president’s salary was 13th highest in 2012 by Student of Uconn

Student of Uconn — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:38:35 +0000

I am disgusted with this information

Comment on Survey: UConn president’s salary was 13th highest in 2012 by Uconn student

Uconn student — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:37:43 +0000

She does not deserve that especially for a public school. She does not even do anything positive.

Comment on Principal hired for new Bridgeport Military Academy for $133K by rotc

rotc — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:03:41 +0000

Marine or army? There’s no architecture school…

Comment on Local charter school survey on line for Bridgeport parents, teachers by percy smith

percy smith — Thu, 09 May 2013 23:19:15 +0000

It’s going to be pretty funny when we Blackrock parents vote against this charter school that will benefit the founders most of all. 7:30 to 6:00 and six weeks of summer. Oh no! Public school teachers are the ones that need to get more pay and have two aides per rm. How dare they insult these hard workers intelligence. Deal with the depravity they deal with everyday! Isn’t it great that Gomes won the PAC. This is what the public parents want.

Comment on Vallas being sued over certification by percy smith

percy smith — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:03:03 +0000

Once Again, the EXCEL BRIDGEPORT JERRY SPRINGER SHOW is trying to dictate to us what is good for the children. Let’s start by laughing about the PAC election that went awry. Pezella sure fixed that EXCEL President for a few hours. She is disqualified! Ha Ha! Now, we can sit back and watch a new election in May bring about a different result for a PAC president. Sorry about that FIX IT NOW and EXCEL Group. Mr. Pezella fixed you all up!

Comment on Memo to mayor by percy smith

percy smith — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:02:18 +0000

Miss Fix it Now! AKA EXCEL BRIDGEPORT TEAM (SOUNDS LIKE JM OR MZ. HA HA. Let’s see. It’s going to be real hoot. Sauda and Maria are not going to back down. As far as dropouts, let’s talk about parents like you whom are ot like some inner-city parents that actually take the time out to work with their children. No! You have an ax to grind with the fact that the teachers union laughs about you and your stooges down at the Old Excel Gas Station. If you go to the Black Rock Coffee Shop , you can hear it all. There are a lot of teachers whom don’t like you and your fool ideas about EDUCATION in the district .We hear it all. It’s so interesting to learn about you and your foolhardy ideas. I love the teachers and we stand by them. So, the kids will be learning the same way they always did. Read a book with your kid and then we can talk. You need to step up and be a parent. By the way, the libraries are empty after school. So, where is your concern if you can’t visit the library after school? Hmm. Ha Ha!

Comment on Vallas being sued over certification by 5551234

5551234 — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:41:59 +0000

Why is it so unreasonable to demand that people be qualified for their jobs? Why is it unreasonable to demand the city follow the law? Vallas is NOT qualified and considering the mess he’s left in every city he’s ever passed through, I think it’s pretty clear his education is not sufficient. FTSN What are you talking about? Vallas has accomplished none of these things!

Comment on UConn to get a new look and a more realistic mascot by Martin Swist

Martin Swist — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:40:01 +0000

Upper case letters were not designed to be placed next to each other. UConn is much easier than UCONN to read.

The use of all caps is a holdover from typewriter days, when we had few options. Today, there is no excuse.

Comment on Vallas being sued over certification by FixTheSchoolsNOW

FixTheSchoolsNOW — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:04:01 +0000

Yet another attempt by the Working Families Party and disgraced fired judge Carmen Lopez to try to prevent progress in Bridgeport schools. What horrible things has Vallas done? Closed a multi-million dollar deficit? Avoided mass teacher layoffs? Launched instructional improvements? Increased early college access for high school kids? OH, the HORROR!!! Bridgeport is lucky to have Vallas. Ramos was superintendent for 6 years and wasn’t able to get done what Vallas did in 6 months. Yep, that’s Ramos the guy with the superintendent credential. This entire suit is stupid. What matters isn’t if the superintendent has a piece of paper from the state, what matters is what he’s done to improve our schools. His performance! In service of Bridgeport kids!