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First: Add More Administration Positions (Managerial, not Academic); Then: Give them More Money; Then: Coordinate Fewer Work Hours for Them; Then: Propose to Lay off Teachers and other In-School Union Positions, and Cut Student Facing Programs; Finally: Complain about how unfair the Commonwealth and Chapter 70 are…. How many Assistant Superintendents have been added, as […]

Lawrence Public Schools has announced Former Malden Public Schools Superintendent, Ligia Noriega-Murphy as a finalist in their own Superintendent Search. OpenCommonwealth calls on the stakeholders in Lawrence to ask the long-standing question: Is Ligia Noriega-Murphy a Doctor or not? Many in Malden remember this past term of their Superintendent as a tumultious term. Dr. Noriega-Murphy […]

Ms. Mertz emailed Salem Officials every day of the week except Saturdays and most emails were sent during business hours. More records are due to OpenCommonwealth, and we are pursuing them. All of the records can be viewed here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/x1s1nmv8gr8lmsfmxk4im/AKeeN8EHHUJmCbdmLt-PmaQ?rlkey=d1yvruk2mjhu0wlscn2fr8kq4&dl=0

In yet another attempt to break the deafening silence coming from Malden City Hall, Malden News Network has published an open letter to the Mayor, Gary Christenson; again requesting for Comment/Context/Corrections to the plethora of news regarding Antonietta (‘Toni’) Mertz, her outside employment arrangements during her tenure, and the alleged acts of nepotism in hiring […]

Essex Massachusetts @EssexTownClerk is preventing public records requests and other email to be sent to their town clerk. This is unacceptable, it is misuse of publicly funded resources (Electronic Mail), and prevents citizens from petitioning their government and other first amendment rights