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Bridgeport Board of Education interviews eight candidates for vacant seat, moves to executive session
Summary
The Bridgeport Board of Education held a special meeting Feb. 11 to interview eight applicants for a vacant board seat, hearing candidates on charter schools, the district budget and special education before the board entered executive session to discuss candidates.
The Bridgeport Board of Education held a special meeting Tuesday, Feb. 11, at City Hall to interview eight candidates for a vacant school-board seat and then moved into executive session to discuss the applicants.
The meeting opened at about 6:13 p.m. with candidates each given the same set of questions and a scheduled interview window (board members instructed each candidate would have about 15 minutes and that each board member would ask one question). Topics raised repeatedly by the applicants included the district budget shortfall, charter-school policies and impacts, parent organizations (PTSO/PAC) and services for students with special needs.
Why it matters: the board must fill a seat that will vote on budget and policy choices affecting Bridgeport Public Schools, a district candidates…
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