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 best as we can tell 3 additional Assistant Superintendents have been added over the last 2-3 years.
The School Committee took a pay raise this year, as did the City Council and the Mayor.
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Highly paid administrative positions were requested for as much as a 10% increase…
Bonuses appear to have been handed out to certain MPS employees, Public Records Requests regarding these payments have been served upon Malden Public Schools.
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Now we find out that these same people are expected to work the following schedule; officially from Antonietta (‘Toni’) Mertz::
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There are verified reports of impending layoffs for union teachers and in-school professionals…
And then the public notice at a Budget Subcommittee meeting (4/29/2024)
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Then when things get really tough, blame the state, Chapter 70 funding…