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Perry “urging” Capital Prep staff to lobby for his plan to take over Capital...

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse when it comes to Capital Preparatory Magnet School Principal Steve Perry and his lobbying effort to convince the Hartford Board of Education to allow...

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News Flash: Our Democracy at risk as Kishimoto/Poland set up “quick vote” to...

Post updated:  Please note the wording of Tuesday’s Board of Education Agenda (a portion of text was missing when first posted) STEP ONE:  Perry sets up his own company:...

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Hey, let’s give Hartford’s SAND Elementary to Steve Perry to run…

Has Capital Prep’s Steve (No Excuses) Perry’s “experience” prepared him for the SAND Elementary School Community? Let’s compare: Experience with students facing language barriers: % of students not...

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Re-cap: Deal to give entrepreneur-principal Steve Perry his own school...

For quite some time, corporate education reformer and bully, Steve Perry, has been bragging about a plan to get the Hartford Board of Education to allow him to set up a private company and then hand...

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Let’s give Steve Perry, the chronically absentee principal, control of 1,000...

“Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing ten percent or greater of the total number of school days for ANY REASON.  It includes both excused and unexcused absences.” – State Department of Education,...

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WNPR’s Dankosky covers Htfd BOE Chairman Poland’s call for investigation of...

WNPR’s Where We Live host John Dankosky continues to lead the Connecticut media coverage on Capital Prep Principal Steve Perry’s outrageous and bullying behavior, including Perry’s now infamous tweet...

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Hartford Board of Education schedule re-vote for Monday (Capital Prep deal...

Matt Poland, the Chairman of the Hartford Board of Education, has scheduled a “Special Meeting” of the board on Monday, November 25, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. in the plaza level conference room at 260...

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NEWS FLASH: Is Perry mocking Hartford Mayor and School Board Chair in Capital...

Last week the Hartford Board of Education rejected the secret one-year Sheff v. O’Neill settlement agreement amid concerns that it was an inappropriate, and potentially even illegal, attempt to allow...

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Hartford School Board vote reveals more about secret deal within Malloy...

As reported by the Hartford Courant, “The city board of education reversed itself Monday night and approved two proposed magnet schools for the 2014-15 year, nearly a week after voting to reject the...

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Wait, what about Steve Perry Investigation #1; About Capital Prep’s failures...

Following a recent tweet by Capital Prep Principal Steve Perry in which he said, “Strap up, there will be head injuries, “Hartford Board of Education Chairman Matt Poland told WNPR’s John Dankosky that...

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Perry returns to the paid speaking circuit (while taxpayers pick up his...

Tonight, December 1, 2013, Steve Perry will be speaking at George Washington University from 7pm – 9pm (no word whether the will be back in time for school tomorrow morning).  But he’ll certainly be...

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Steve Perry continues his record of excessive absences….

Yesterday Capital Prep Principal Steve Perry missed yet another morning of school, choosing instead to continue his unending list of paid speaking engagements.  Friday it was off to Massachusetts to be...

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Sunday night and Steve Perry loses his cool… (Again)

Still angry over the fact that the Hartford Board of Education would not approve a plan to shift the management of Capital Prep and SAND elementary to a private company Perry created, the embattled...

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Where is the Hartford Board of Education’s promised investigation of Capital...

The Hartford Board of Education will be holding its last meeting of 2013 tomorrow from 5:30pm to 8:30pm at the Sarah J. Rawson School. UPDATE:  The critical question was whether the Hartford Board of...

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What the heck is the Capital Prep Scholarship Fund?

The Capital Prep Magnet School website informs supporters that they can make “tax-deductible” donations to the Capital Prep Scholarship Fund.    Donations can be made via a PayPal link or checks can be...

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Yup, Capital Prep’s Steve Perry Tweets about the dangers of Social Media…

Dr. Steve Perry ‏@DrStevePerry Social media has had a net negative affect on schools. Kids & adults are free to tee off on each other & the schools are left to clean it up (December 18, 2013)...

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Michele Rhee’s StudentsFirst rally to support Steve Perry; Board fails to...

At last night’s Hartford Board of Education meeting Hartford Superintendent Christina Kishimoto and Hartford Board of Education Chairman Matt Poland failed to address the status of the promised...

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Foxes guarding the chicken coop or Hartford politics as usual.

With relatively little fan-fare last fall, Board of Education Chairman Matt Poland appointed a 13 member search committee to choose a new superintendent of schools for the Hartford School System....

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IMPORTANT UPDATE: As schools scramble to get children home safe, Steve Perry...

IMPORTANT UPDATE:  The initial version of this post was inaccurate.  Although Capital Prep is part of the Hartford School System it is not on the same academic schedule as Hartford’s other schools. My...

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A look at Steve Perry’s record of absenteeism and use of social media to...

On Tuesday January 21, 2014 the Hartford Board of Education will hold a special executive session to discuss Capital Prep Principal Steve Perry.  The public has the opportunity to address the Hartford...

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