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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Bridgeport magnet school policy tweaked

BRIDGEPORT — It took more than two years but the school board managed to make changes to its magnet school policies in an attempt to balance fairness and expected rigor. “I’m not so sure I would call the new policy a good thing, more like ... it’s less worse than it could’ve been,” said Joseph Solokovic, a board member active in the discussion of the policies even before he was elected to the board a year ago. The changes, which will take effect with the 2019-20 school year, base admission for students in kindergarten through third grade on a blind lottery with no additional entrance criteria or test.

from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Bridgeport-magnet-school-policy-tweaked-13428923.php

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