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Fairfield Extends Day Care Lease, Disrupts School Board Plans
FAIRFIELD — The town announced last week that it has extended its lease with a private day care, addressing concerns from upset parents but disrupting a long-term school board plan. Haven’t subscribed yet? Click here to register. CT Examiner is just $20 a year. And if you want...
Bridgeport High School has Fresh Look as It is Part of Harrison County School's Recent $46,000 Project
Bridgeport High School has a fresh look. Actually, it is the same look, just a whole lot cleaner. BHS was among a handful of schools that were part of the 2024 summer cleaning that involved pressure washing of the structures. Last year,. in the first year of the program by...
WVU Helps Spark Innovation, Entrepreneurship to Aid BHS Alum Michael Morehead in Successful Startup
Article Courtesy of Jake Stump/West Virginia University. When Michael Morehead entered West Virginia University’s master’s program in computer science in 2011, his main goal was “survival.” The Bridgeport native’s main motivation was obtaining health insurance to cover medical bills from chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. That’s all he wanted, he admits. But he wound up with much more.
Embattled Bridgeport for-profit college defends record amid state lawsuit
Jennifer Williams, the new president of for-profit Paier College in Bridgeport, says the school isn’t being treated equitably even as it faces a state lawsuit over alleged unfair and deceptive trade practices, previous reports about the lack of instructors, and questions about its accreditation status. “We are fully staffed...
Longtime Weston High School Educator Debbie (Hogan) Pender Retires
If this were a “word association” contest, the glaring and easy answer would be:. As it is, this is an announcement that one of the most iconic figures in Weston High School history has made the 2023-24 school year her last, ending a spectacular teaching, coaching and administrative career that has lasted 40 years. According to information provided by the Weston High School Alumni Association, Pender leaves with the distinction as being the longest serving faculty member in Weston High School history.
Katonah-Lewisboro School District Welcomes Dr. Blanch
CROSS RIVER, N.Y. - In his first public remarks since being announced as the Katonah-Lewisboro School District’s next superintendent, Dr. Raymond Blanch has promised to prepare students for “whatever challenges will come their way.” “Wherever they decide to go, whatever the pathways they lead, they must be prepared to find the next best opportunity going forward,” he told the school board’s June 20 meeting. Moments earlier, the board had voted unanimously to name him KLSD’s superintendent of schools, the same post he’s held since 2011 in neighboring Somers. “I’m just so excited to come to Katonah,” he said....
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