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Letter: Cassetti Should Apologize For ‘Hate-Filled’ Statement

by Brian Perkins | Letter To The Editor | Jun 14, 2018 11:18 am | Comments (0)

On June 12, 2018, Mayor of Ansonia David Cassetti released what I can only describe as the most immature statement I have ever read from the highest elected official in the city. In the more than five paragraph rant, Mayor Cassetti went on to describe the city as ​“the bigger person” when it came to the budget issue, and how they were tired of the Board of Education’s ​“threats and intimidation tactics.”

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End-Of-Year Settlement Approved But Trial Looms In Ansonia v Ansonia

by Ethan 193 Fry | Jun 12, 2018 5:45 pm | Comments (0)

Superior Court in Derby.

The lawsuit between Ansonia’s Board of Education and Mayor David Cassetti’s administration over school funding is scheduled to go to trial — sometime in 2019.

In the meantime, the judge overseeing the case told lawyers representing both sides Tuesday to see what they can do to resolve their differences before then.

“Hopefully this matter will be resolved one way or another well before October 2019,” Judge Barry Stevens said in Superior Court in Derby.

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City To Fund Ansonia Schools $500,000 To Get Through End Of School Year

by Ethan Fry and Eugene Driscoll | Jun 12, 2018 1:17 am | Comments (0)

Ansonia Aldermen voted unanimously Monday to settle part of a legal dispute with the Board of Education for $500,000.

The school board had claimed that it would be unable to finish the month without going into the red because the city had cut its budget by $600,000 in January.

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Ansonia NAACP President Issues Statement On School Funding Dispute

by Greg Johnson | Letter To The Editor | Jun 11, 2018 1:09 pm | Comments (0)

Greg Johnson, president of the local NAACP.

As President of the oldest civil rights or. where many have fought for the rights to get a decent and well-deserved education, it’s disheartening to watch our leaders engaged in issues around education with our children caught in the middle.

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Negotiations Scheduled In Ansonia v Ansonia

by Staff | Jun 11, 2018 11:41 am | Comments (0)

Outside Superior Court in Derby.

ANSONIA — The school district and city government are scheduled to meet today (Monday, June 11) in an attempt to settle a dispute over $600,000.

In January Mayor David Cassetti’s administration pulled the money, saying it had been given last year when it wasn’t clear whether the school district would be continue to receive extra state aid, including the ​“alliance district” grant — money given to under-performing school districts.

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In Court, Ansonia School District Says Financial Info Is Being Shared

by Ethan Fry | Jun 8, 2018 7:08 pm | Comments (0)

Photo by Ethan Fry

Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti, left, leaves court Friday with attorney Vincent Marino.

Two lawyers tussled for 40 minutes Friday in a Derby courtroom over what financial data should be released by the Ansonia school district to city government.

Judge Barry Stevens told the two sides of Ansonia government to work it out — or he would do it himself.

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