BRIDGEPORT

Mayor Bill Finch has enthusiastically endorsed the Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition’s Children’s Bill of Rights for Education. The Bill of Rights offers ten key principles for the Bridgeport schools to ensure a quality education for all students. The Mayor met with members of the BCAC Board of Directors and staff on Friday (Jan. 13) to sign on.The BCAC Children’s Bill of Rights calls for a “district-wide school culture that promotes mutual respect, ensures student achievement and fosters a commitment to excellence for all students in all grades, pre-kindergarten through graduation.”

“I am proud to sign my name to the Children’s Bill of Rights for Educa- tion, and it is fitting to have done so as we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most compelling civil rights activists in our nation’s history. I believe in the points outlined in the Children’s Bill of Rights and ask that my fellow local and state leaders who have not yet signed on, to do so. We are all in this together, for the good of our students and our education system,” said Mayor Finch.

Mayor Finch recently initiated a City Charter Revision effort, with one of the main goals being to create more public accountability for education reform in order to ensure that City schoolchildren receive the best education possible.