Hartford Asks E.A.I. To Help Run Its District

By Peter Schmidt

The Hartford, Conn., school board has voted to begin negotiating a contract for the district to be managed by Education Alternatives Inc.

Following months of rancorous debate, the board voted 6 to 3 last month to reject other proposals for the contract management of the 26,000-student district and to immediately begin hammering out a deal with E.A.I.

Last week, a team of district and city officials met with company representatives in hopes of settling on a contract that will allow the Minneapolis-based for-profit concern to...

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