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Seen and Heard in Norwalk: BOE muttering, buck passing
NORWALK, Conn. – Here are some items of interest that were seen or heard recently in Norwalk: Where do you live, exactly? Norwalk Federation of Teachers President Bruce Mellion drew a rebuke at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting after invoking the good of the Norwalk community several times in his speech chastising the board for keeping its…
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BET needs to lead, educate Norwalk public officials
By Lisa Thomson REd APPLES of Norwalk NORWALK, Conn. — At a March BET meeting, I spoke as a fiscal conservative and education reformer but asked for a compromise to the pull back in the city’s $1.4M in the 2013-14 budget, when it thought the state was providing $1.7 in ECS funds. As of today, Norwalk…
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Norwalk Board of Ed COO Longo resigns
Updated, 12:16 p.m., Tuesday with quote from Steve Colarossi NORWALK, Conn. – Elio Longo, Norwalk’s chief operating officer for Norwalk Public Schools, has resigned, Board of Education Chairman Mike Lyons said Monday night. Longo is going to the Westport school system. His last day with Norwalk will be June 30. Longo, who spent about 1½ years…
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Solutions to Norwalk BOE budget shortfalls draw ‘outrage’
NORWALK, Conn. – A $1 million deficit in the 2011 Norwalk Board of Education special education fund caused Common Council members to express shock Thursday evening. The $1,051,210 figure in fiscal year 2010-2011 was revealed during a council finance committee discussion of the BlumShapiro operational review of the BOE special education fund from 2009 to…
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Norwalk schools not paying back $900K, at least not from 2013-2014 budget
NORWALK, Conn. – There’s something missing from Norwalk Board of Education’s proposed operating budget for the next school year: a repayment to the city. Although the board was originally expected to repay the city $900,000 out of its 2013-2014 operating budget following last spring’s dramatic and devastating budget shortfall, there is no dollar figure for…
