Middletown Parent Launches Second Petition to Remove State Senator from Black and Puerto Rican Caucus

Middletown Parent Launches Second Petition to Remove State Senator from Black and Puerto Rican Caucus

A Middletown mother of three has launched a new petition demanding Sen. Matt Lesser (D-Middletown) be removed from a minority legislative caucus — reigniting a two-year-old controversy over the last-minute removal of funding for a proposed charter school.  The Change.org petition, launched last month by Sh’keia Dickerson, a Middletown resident and public school parent, urges the Connecticut Legislative Black and Puerto Rican Caucus (BPRC) to rem…