Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford is a city located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 117,083. The city is the birthplace of U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman. Chief U.S. weapons inspector Charles Duelfer grew up in Stamford.

Education

Stamford houses branches of the University of Connecticut, University of Bridgeport and Sacred Heart University. The University of Connecticut is located in a large glass-covered ex-Bloomingdales building in downtown that they moved into in 1998 after heavy renovations of closed Bloomingdales location on the sitehttp://www.jordanpanel.com/uconn.htm. The parking garage is the original parking facilities of the Bloomingdales. The other two are in office parks in Springdale. All are commuter campuses.

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University of Connecticut - University of Bridgeport - Sacred Heart University - Bloomingdales

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Public education in Stamford is of fairly good quality and includes education in the arts. Economic disparities among neighborhoods within the city do, however, affect the quality of education among various schools. The two rival high schools of Westhill High School in the north and Stamford High School are complemented by a number of alternative and enrichment programs located at Rippowam High School, midway between the two.

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Westhill High School - Stamford High School - Rippowam High School

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