Sisters and Brothers, This evening, we have our first true opportunity, along with the rest of our community, to provide input to the School Committee on the Superintendent’s proposed reopening plans. While it is true that some of our members did participate in some aspects that led to Dr. Marotta’s proposal, the fact is that many […]
HEA School Committee Meeting Tonight! 8/6/2020
HEA Platform 8/3/2020
Sisters and Brothers, Just about 200 members came attended today’s virtual general membership meeting on reopening schools. Members were engaged in a thoughtful and deliberative conversation about the many challenges that reopening poses and what it is that we as educators need not only to feel safe in the physical work space but to have […]
HEA Update 7/30/2020
The Haverhill Education Association will be having an all-member meeting regarding reopening on Monday, August 3rd, at 4pm via Zoom. Please save the date. Earlier tonight Superintendent Marotta presented the 3 plans requested by DESE for this fall’s resumption of learning. Below are my prepared remarks. The Reopening Bargain Team is meeting tomorrow to draft […]
MTA Update 7/27/2020
Greetings, You achieved a huge victory! Today the state’s educator unions reached an agreement with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education reducing the student school year to 170 days to give educators crucially important time to plan. When we fight, we win! This is just the first major victory, however. We need much more […]