Director of CT’s controversial school construction grant program resigns

The person hired to replace Konstantinos Diamantis to steer the state’s school construction grant program has resigned after barely four months on the job. Douglas Rogers resigned from his job as director of the Office of School Construction Grants & Review on March 13 in an email to the state Department of Administrative Services human resources department. The email didn’t give a reason for his sudden departure. “As of March 13, 2023, I resign my…

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Stratford school board members seek end to ‘restrictive’ term limits

A handful of school board members are renewing calls to do away with term limits that prevent residents from serving consecutive four-year stints on the school board. In a letter to the Town Council, Board Chair Andrea Corcoran, Secretary Amy Wiltsie and member Janice Cupee urged local officials to take another look at town rules that prevent them from running for reelection, arguing the existing policy is too restrictive. “School districts are complex and have…

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Suicide alert among students, Palermo chancellor: distress exacerbated, psychologists in the field

Midiri: “We feel the weight of suffocating expectations that do not take into account the human need to proceed in one’s own time, in one’s own ways.” “With a student population of 50,000 it is a bit complex to nip in the bud the signs of discomfort, but the University is in the field.” Massimo Midiri, rector of the University of Palermo, does not hide the problem. From one end of Italy to the other,…

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