Ansonia School Superintendent Carol Merlone released a statement Thursday evening saying she still hopes to reach a compromise with city government ahead of date with a Superior Court judge next week.
“On Monday, the day before our case is heard in Superior Court in Derby, there will be meetings between the school district and the city, presided by a judge, in an attempt to settle this issue,” Merlone said.
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Javier Arguello | Letter To The Editor | Jun 8, 2018 6:19 am
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Dear Members of the Community,
It saddens me to witness misguided vitriol being directed at an institution that has always held my interests and the interests of thousands of other students in the highest regard.
I seek to reciprocate by educating the community as it did with me and others through leveraging the abilities I attained while I was a student at Georgetown and a professional at different multinational corporations.
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Ethan 193 Fry | Jun 7, 2018 3:08 pm
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Superior Court in Derby.
A legal timeline has been established leading up to the June 12 “show cause” hearing in the Ansonia Board of Education’s lawsuit against city government.
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Eugene Driscoll | Jun 7, 2018 7:26 am
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Hundreds of people attended a meeting at Ansonia High School June 5 regarding school funding.
Ansonia Schools Superintendent Carol Merlone sent a letter to parents Wednesday saying “students will be finishing their school year as planned” and that seniors will graduate from the high school June 18.
Merlone said she planned to meet with Ansonia High School seniors Thursday.
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Lorie Vaccaro | Letter To The Editor | Jun 5, 2018 2:21 pm
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As President of the Board of Aldermen, I would like to see a speedy resolution of the budgetary dispute between the City of Ansonia and its Board of Education. The problem is that a resolution must be based on facts – not threats, intimidation and bullying tactics.
Ansonia Public Schools could end the school year early because of a funding dispute with Mayor David Cassetti’s administration, according to a press release.
NBC Connecticut reports Superintendent Carol Merlone has scheduled a 4:30 p.m. press conference to talk about the issue.
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BRIAN PERKINS | LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Jun 4, 2018 2:47 pm
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In the wake of the recent events going on with the City of Ansonia and the Board of Education, there seems to be even more misinformation being spread, most notably from the Board of Apportionment and Taxation, along with the help of some Aldermen.
The newest target of scrutiny from BOAT seems to be the lack of a “full budget” from the Board of Education. They boast about how “the City budget is over 1000 pages,” and that “the Board of Education is lacking transparency.” But is it really?
In this episode of ‘Navel Gazing: The Valley Indy Podcast,’ reporters Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry try to break the Ansonia school funding battle into the simplest components.
The school board has a lawsuit pending against city government for taking $600,000 away from the schools earlier this year.
