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Teachers, NAACP and parents urge Hartford council to reverse mayor’s pause on school construction
Summary
Unions, teachers and the Greater Hartford NAACP told the council the mayor’s unilateral pause on six school construction projects risks student safety and could cause the city to lose an already approved 95% state reimbursement after $3.5 million in local spending.
Hartford — Teachers, union leaders and civil‑rights advocates urged the Hartford City Council on Dec. 8 to press the mayor to lift a recently announced pause on six approved school construction projects, saying the halt threatens student safety and could jeopardize state funding already allocated to local renovations.
"Unpause this pause," said Carol Gale, a Hartford teacher and president of the Hartford Federation of Teachers, who described standing water in stairwells and mold problems at Moylan Elementary and said the city has already spent $3,500,000 on renovations for three of the paused schools. Gale warned that "if…
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