IN THE NEWS--EDUCATION ISSUES: NO CATHOLICS, CONSERVATIVES OR NON-PROGRESSIVES NEED APPLY--CONNECTICUT AG OPENS PROBE INTO FAIRFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HIRING PRACTICES

Connecticut's attorney general announced his office has launched a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices of a Fairfield County school district after a video went viral of an assistant principal making comments about his hiring practices.

Attorney General William Tong said Thursday, Sept. 1, he plans to investigate the Greenwich Public School District for any potentially illegal discrimination or other actionable misconduct related to the video that "appears to contain troubling, discriminatory statements that appear to have been made by a Greenwich public school official."

The video, posted online by the organization Project Veritas on Tuesday, Aug. 30 features Cos Cob Elementary School Assistant Principal Jeremy Boland making comments in several different situations about not hiring the elderly, Catholics, conservatives, or anyone not progressive.  MORE FROM THE DAILY VOICE HERE.