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Bridgeport Board posts application window, schedules interviews to fill vacant seat
Summary
The Bridgeport Board of Education on Jan. 29 approved a nine‑day application period and set candidate interviews for Feb. 11 to fill the seat vacated by Dr. Bay, after debate over timeline and state involvement.
The Bridgeport Board of Education on Jan. 29 approved posting a vacancy for the board seat left by Dr. Bay, setting an application deadline of Feb. 7 at 4 p.m. and scheduling candidate interviews for Feb. 11 at 6 p.m., with a backup interview date on Feb. 12 if more than 15 applicants apply.
Board Chair Jennifer Perez said the board would reuse the district’s previous vacancy posting as a template and change the dates. “There’s in your portal the vacancy posting from the last vacancy that happened, and we’re gonna use that as a template,” Perez said.
The action followed more than an hour of legal and procedural discussion about how long an appointee would serve and whether state authorities could or would intervene. Legal counsel, identified in the meeting as Mr. Anastasia, advised the board that the state has not…
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