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Everett parents to march in support of teachers at Parlin School

Parents will walk from the MDC rink to the School Committee meeting in Everett tomorrow evening to support teachers at the Parlin School following an incident last week in which school officials called police three times to try to break up a solidarity meeting over coffee and donuts in the school parking lot between teachers and the president and vice president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association.

The march begins at 5:45 p.m. at the MDC Rink, 65 Elm St., and goes to Everett High School, where the School Committee meets at 6:30.

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I stand with the teachers and enjoyed my time in a public employee union. I reaped the benefits but my union would meet at a union hall, local veteran's post or Knights of Columbus setting. We would never meet at a barracks, police station or government property.

Nowadays with school safety and security a top priority, no groups should be allowed to gather or host breakfast in the school parking lot. It's probably against city ordinance to begin with. If 200 teachers and union leaders gathered, how easy would it be for a gunman to blend in, then enter the school with the teachers?

Union members have every right to picket on the sidewalk (many teacher unions have done before) but school property is a step too far.

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It's a fine place for a meeting for people interested in the school.

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following an incident last week in which school officials called police three times to try to break up a solidarity meeting over coffee and donuts in the school parking lot...

Wait, so Dunkin' Donuts changes it's name and suddenly the teachers are so outraged they hold a solidarity meeting? It's a minor change at best. Why do they care so much?!?

And are the school admins working for big Donut? Maybe they should call the Dunkins Brand corporate headquarters and not the police if it bugs them so much.

/S

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Generations have grown up with the idea of coffee (the Dunkin' part of the name) and doughnuts (the Donuts) part of the name, and now they are moving away from that. It would be like the Boston Red Sox officially changing their name to the Bosox.

I stand in solidarity with the name Dunkin Donuts and the Massachusetts Teachers Association!

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The names are as interchangeable as BU and BC

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You're probably a Honey Dew fan anyway.

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how can there be dunkin'?

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"The average class size for grades K-6 is 28-30 students with some as high as 32. Specialist classes have been reduced which cause classes to be doubled, with sizes as high as 44. One fifth grade class has 31 students with 11 special education students. In addition, 7th and 8th grade ELL classes are over 30 students. Several general curriculum classes are pushing 32 students and these numbers are expected to grow as ELL students move into general education classes. According to the DESE District Profile, 33% of students are English Language Learners and 77% are considered High Needs."

In Boston K-2 tops at 22 students, 3-5 tops at 25, and 6-8 tops at 28. Anything more than that is unacceptable and parents should really be pushing for smaller class sizes. I'm glad the MTA is rallying teachers and parents in Everett. The school committee should be ashamed.

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Where is Everett going to find money for smaller classes? It's not as if some magic, huge casino with a built-in monopoly on gambling in greater Boston unexpectedly opened in their town.

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Or would have if it wasn't used by the Stuporintendant of Skoolz to pay for his home improvements and Homecoming and Administrator lobster dinners like he's done in the past.

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But even if your accusations are true, that wouldn’t cover the cost of one teacher.

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If you read the link somebody posted below, we are talking enough to hire three specialists or two teachers:

Everett city auditor Frank ``Skip'' Coppola has accused school Superintendent Frederick Foresteire of using a $218,000 ``slush fund'' of special education money for other purposes, many unrelated to special education, including dinners at the Silver Fox restaurant for teachers, $53,000 on local newspaper ads and $24,000 for homecoming parades.

This guy was convicted of using money from the schools and school contractors to purchase and install an AC system in his private home.

... and he is STILL superintendent in Everett. Gee - how does that work?

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That sometime in the past 13 years since the accusations were made, an investigation has been done. Even at that, as "somebody" noted, that's 3 teachers for one year, and that year would have been 2005.

But if you want to put a dollar amount on the other thing, how much would it cost to install and AC system? Less than the salary of a teacher, I bet.

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Look up the case.

Convicted, fined, and still has his job? Makes one wonder where that money really went ...

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Like an example of news reporting on the case. A link or something. I'll even take a citation.

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