Mayor: $700K Union Offer Not Enough [Video]

The Board of education meets Tuesday and is expected to consider union proposals to cut between $700,000 and $800,000 from the board's proposed city education budget. That does not pay for all of the cuts that the city Board of Estimate and Common Council decided to cut from the request, so layoffs and program cuts may result.

In addition to this weeks events mentioned by Mayor Richard A. Moccia, a rally will be held Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Brookside Elementary School on Highland Ave. in support of Tanya McDowell, the woman accused of larceny for putting her child in a Norwalk public school.

Police and the prosecutor say McDowell was a Bridgeport resident when she enrolled her child in Brookside. McDowell says she was homeless with strong ties to Norwalk. She is due to appear in state Superior Court in Norwalk on Tuesday, the day of the rally.

Al Sharpton, a well known advocate for various African American and poverty-related causes, is expected to be at .

These city government board and commission meetings are scheduled for this week (all meet in City Hall, 125 East Ave.):

Monday, June 6:

• Board of Estimate & Taxation, 7:30 p.m., Room 231

Tuesday, June 7:

• Public Works Committee of the Common Council, 7 p.m., Room 101
• Board of Education, 7:45 p.m., Concert Hall

Wednesday, June 8:

• Public Safety Commission, 3:30 p.m., Room 23
• Pension Board,  5:45 p.m., Room 231

Thursday, June 9:

• Aquifer Protection Agency, 7 p.m., Room 231
• Finance/Claims Committee of the Common Council, 7 p.m., Room 231
• Plan Review Committee, 7:30 p.m., Planning & Zoning Conference Room

Zoning Committee

June 9, 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM @ Room 220, Planning & Zoning Conference Room

Board of Education Special Meeting
June 7, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ Room A300