Bridgeport Public Schools: Unified Address 2025

Bridgeport Public Schools · November 14, 2025

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Teachers raise concerns about curriculum and voice

Public Comment

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Multiple teachers and speakers opened by saying teachers feel unheard and described a recent decision to adopt a 'canned' curriculum that they say lacked teacher input; one teacher said the district spent "a half a million dollars on it" and expects teachers to implement it, a claim raised as a core complaint about working conditions.

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Speakers:Unidentified teachers (multiple)

Interim Superintendent Dr. Royce Avery delivered a State of the Schools address highlighting progress — four schools removed from the state turnaround list, reduced vacancies and a balanced budget — while warning the district remains financially fragile and urging advocacy for more funding.

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