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Anti-LGBTQ Signs Posted At Greenwich Town Hall After Pride Celebration Anti-LGBTQ Signs Posted At Greenwich Town Hall After Pride Celebration
Anti-lgbtq Signs Posted At Greenwich Town Hall After Pride Celebration Police are investigating after signs with the words "groomers" were placed under a Pride flag at a Fairfield County Town Hall, just hours after a celebration. The incident took place in Greenwich on Monday, June 5 after 8 a.m., following a Pride celebration at Town Hall by local government officials and dignitaries on Sunday, June 4. A Greenwich Police Department detective assigned to the Community Impact Section is investigating the incident, said Lt. Patrick Smyth, of the Greenwich Police. Smyth said the signs were placed after the event, most likely sometime during the overnig…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
CT AG Opens Probe Into Greenwich Schools' Hiring Practices After Assistant Principal's Video CT AG Opens Probe Into Greenwich Schools' Hiring Practices After Assistant Principal's Video
CT AG Opens Probe Into Greenwich Schools' Hiring Practices After Assistant Principal's Video Connecticut's attorney general announced his office has launched a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices of a Fairfield County school district after a video went viral of an assistant principal making comments about his hiring practices. Attorney General William Tong said Thursday, Sept. 1, he plans to investigate the Greenwich Public School District for any potentially illegal discrimination or other actionable misconduct related to the video that "appears to contain troubling, discriminatory statements that appear to have been made by a Greenwich public school official." Th…

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
Assistant Principal In Fairfield County Placed On Leave After Controversial Statements On Video Assistant Principal In Fairfield County Placed On Leave After Controversial Statements On Video
Assistant Principal In Fairfield County Placed On Leave After Controversial Statements On Video This story has been updated. A school district in Connecticut is launching an investigation after an assistant principal who has now been placed on administrative leave allegedly made statements caught on video regarding hiring practices that included not employing conservatives, Catholics, older applicants, and those not progressive. The incident in Fairfield County has caused a firestorm among the Greenwich School District and has city officials also calling for a full investigation. The video featuring Cos Cob Elementary School Assistant Principal Jeremy Boland was posted online by the …

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by Kathy Reakes