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Former Blue Hills Civic Association staff, neighbors demand transparency after abrupt layoffs
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About 30 staff at the Blue Hills Civic Association were terminated without notice, speakers told the Hartford City Council during public comment, prompting calls for an independent audit, mediation, and a city role in ensuring summer programs and youth services continue.
Dozens of former employees, neighborhood leaders and parents told the Hartford City Council that the abrupt termination of roughly 30 Blue Hills Civic Association staff has left youth programs and summer services in jeopardy.
Alyssa Peterson, a homeowner in Grandview Terrace and representative of the Parent Power Group, said the layoffs were sudden and widespread. "Recently approximately 30 employees from Blue Hills Civic Association were abruptly terminated. No warning, no transition plan, no opportunity to prepare, just a notice of, effective immediately," Peterson said during public comment. She asked the council to push for mediation and for an interim board to restore services.
The terminations drew similar concerns from Carrie K. Allen, who said she represents parents connected to Blue Hills programs. "These…
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