People should pay attention to this court, she said, because they may have a case there.
Author Archives: Fritz Esker
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Monique Barial would encourage mediation if elected domestic judge
She said she wouldn’t make everyone show up at 9 a.m., only to wait hours for a hearing.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Janet Ahern says experience, passion for family law are reasons to elect her domestic court judge
She said she’d stagger the docket and reduce the time before initial hearings.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
In re-election bid, Bernadette D’Souza touts court-mandated mediation in child-custody cases
The city’s first domestic court judge said she would use religious groups to provide counseling and parenting classes.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Taetrece Harrison would crack down on unnecessary delays in domestic court
She criticized a mediation program because of the fees people must pay the mediator.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Franklin High budget sails through public hearing and is approved by charter board
Conservative enrollment number anticipates the usual attrition in the first month or so of the school year.
Posted inCharter Schools
Franklin High budget jumps 8.8 percent; slight increase in enrollment anticipated
Allocation for legal expenses is increased tenfold at newly unionized charter school.
Posted inCharter Schools
Hearing on Franklin’s $7.9 million budget set for June 10, with board vote two days later
Ben Franklin’s board will hold a public hearing at 4 p.m. June 10 to discuss next year’s budget. The board will convene to vote on the preliminary $7.9 million budget at 4 p.m. June 12. Currently, the preliminary budget lists $8.1 million in revenue. The law requires that the budget be available for public inspection during […]
Posted inCharter Schools
Ben Franklin High School board votes to recognize teachers’ union
The school will collectively bargain with teachers after 85% said they wanted to join a union.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Live blog: Ben Franklin board to vote on teachers’ union
They will meet in private before the vote, but board president said they would discuss the matter in public.