(Norwalk, CT) Teachers union sues school board

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NORWALK - The teachers union is asking a Superior Court judge to overturn the school superintendent's recently approved contract.

The Norwalk Federation of Teachers, in a lawsuit filed last week at state Superior Court in Stamford, alleges the Board of Education suppressed the public's First Amendment rights when it approved a new contract for Superintendent Salvatore Corda without providing the public enough time to review the pact and comment on it.


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Copies of the contract, which extended Corda's term of employment from 2009 to 2010, were handed out minutes before the board asked for public comment, then voted on without public discussion by board members at a special meeting Aug. 28. The board typically reviews personnel matters in a closed session.

The board's action infringed on the public's free speech rights, according to the lawsuit filed Sept. 10 by the Norwalk Federation of Teachers Local 1723 and Carol Seirup, a Norwalk resident and the union's vice president, against the Board of Education and its chairwoman, Jody Bishop-Pullan.

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-nor.boe6sep19,0,5462586.story?coll=stam-news-local-headlines