Sisters and Brothers: Already, your decision to declare no confidence in the Haverhill School Committee is having a noticeable impact. Just now I received the following response from Toni Sapienza-Donais and Maura Ryan-Ciardiello. As the two members who voted against Tuesday’s ill-conceived motion, they respectfully declined our invitation to tour the buildings next week because […]
Response from SC Members Sapienze-Donais and Ryan-Ciardiello
HEA Votes No Confidence in School Committee
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Tonight, during our Emergency Meeting members came together and collectively raised their voice to vote no confidence in the Haverhill School Committee. The only way for them to earn that confidence back is to visit those sub-separate and other cohort c classroom currently meeting in-person throughout the district. That is the […]
2020-2021 HEA ESP’s of the Year Nominees
2020-2021 HEA ESP of the Year Nominees and this year’s winner Millie Flores from Haverhill High School This year the HEA received a record number of outstanding candidates. Congratulations to everyone and especially to Millie Flores who will represent the HEA as she goes on to compete for the 2021 MTA ESP of the Year […]
Emergency All Member Meeting Friday at 4:30
Sisters and Brothers, Following last night’s School Committee meeting, over 60 members on the Crisis Action Team are calling for an emergency meeting of all Haverhill Education Association members this Friday, December 18th at 4:30pm. The emergency meeting will be held via Zoom platform (no call-ins). Right now, CAT members are making 1:1 calls to […]
Stressed? The HEA and MassSupport have you covered!
Let’s be honest – this school year is taking an enormous toll on educators everywhere. Managing that stress and maintaining a healthy work/life balance is critical to our students’ success. That is why the Haverhill Education Association is proud to partner with the administration to make the following opportunity available to ALL educators on during […]
Last Night’s School Committee Vote
Sisters and Brothers, Last night, the Haverhill School Committee – without public comment – reversed everything it decided only 6 days ago and, despite increasing infection rates in our community, voted to bring all k-5 students and educators back to full hybrid during what will inevitably be a post-New Year’s Eve infectious period of this […]
JSCRT Update – Action Team Meets Monday
Sisters and Brothers, Once again, Haverhill has reached a new high percent positivity rate of 9.65% with an average daily incidence of 87.2 over the past two weeks (up from 7.21% and 58.3, respectively). Every educator on the Joint Stakeholder Coronavirus Response Team spoke passionately on behalf of Cohort C educators, especially those who are […]
ESP Bargaining – Restart Update #4
ESP Bargaining – Restart Update #4 Tonight’s negotiation was brief. After keeping us waiting for just under an hour to start, the School Committee apologized asked for more time to finalize their new salary scale proposal. Currently, several district personnel are quarantined and the SC did not feel comfortable presenting the proposal until it was reviewed […]
202 ESP of the Year Nominations
2020 ESP of the Year Nominations Each year, the HEA Executive Committee selects one Education Support Professional nominated by the members to be it’s ESP of the Year. The ESP is then submitted to the MTA as Haverhill’s nominee for the statewide honor. To nominate your 2020 ESP of the Year, please complete this form. […]