Yesterday, I attended the National School Choice Week press conference with State Rep. Rachel Chaleski's and representatives of the Danbury Charter School.
As the next session of the General Assembly is set to begin soon, State Rep. Chaleski announced that she will push for funding for a charter school in the city.
The state approved the charter school in 2018 but has had its funding denied by the city's Democratic state delegation, led by State Senator Julie Kushner and State Reps. Bob Godfrey and Farley Santos contend that funding for education should be directed towards public schools.
The topic of the charter school has been a contentious issue in the city for several years, and yesterday's press conference clearly indicates that the establishment of a charter school in the seventh-largest city in the state will continue throughout the election year.
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On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
The amended complaint states that plaintiffs sought to remedy the continued discriminatory and unauthorized enforcement of federal immigration laws against the Latino residents of the City of Danbury by Danbury's mayor and its police department.
Plaintiffs allege that the arrests violated their Fourth Amendment rights and the Connecticut Constitution because defendants conducted the arrests without valid warrants, in the absence of exigent circumstances, and without probable cause to believe that plaintiffs were engaged in unlawful activity. In addition, plaintiffs allege that defendants improperly stopped, detained, investigated, searched and arrested plaintiffs. Plaintiffs also allege that defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights when they intentionally targeted plaintiffs, and arrested and detained them on the basis of their race, ethnicity and perceived national origin. Plaintiffs raise First Amendment, Due Process and tort claims.
Plaintiffs request declaratory relief, damages and attorneys fees.
On September 26, 2007, ten plaintiffs filed suit in response to an arrest of aday laborers at a public park in Danbury, Connecticut. Plaintiffs amended their complaint on November 26, 2007.
