Andover and Braintree are school districts where the School Committee voted to go with hybrid learning, meaning some days the kids are in school and other days it’s “remote learning.” This is dumb because there’s no reason schools shouldn’t fully reopen, but it’s better than entirely remote for now. However, the unions in both districts have decided that they’re gonna do whatever they feel like doing instead because teachers unions right now are acting like spoiled children who have never been told “no” and don’t know what to do.
WCVB: Teachers in Andover returned to work Monday for an in-person development day but refused to enter the school buildings. Monday was supposed to be the first of 10 in-person professional development days for teachers before students start hybrid-learning on Sept. 16, however the Andover Education Association voted overwhelmingly last week to start the year remotely.
“We’re going to work today. We’re going to do our job. We’re going to do it remotely outside of the school buildings,” said Matt Bach, president of the Andover Education Association.
The Andover School District said the workplace safety action is really an illegal work stoppage, writing “Today’s action by the Andover Education Association shows a disregard for our families and students, who have confidence in the district’s work to ensure our buildings are safe for our students and staff.”
The School Committee will hold an executive session at 4:30 p.m. to discuss options for litigation, adding that they expect educators to continue their professional development in school buildings Tuesday.
“I think there’s just a growing group of parents who are really frustrated at this point and super concerned. This has become about so much more than our kids, and our kids belong in school,” parent Stephanie Sweet said. “I think that the issues between the union and the school district are really starting to cloud what’s most important in this.”
“We are OK with the added safety measures. We are not OK with teachers refusing to show up at school,” she said.
The media should call this what it is – a paid strike. Teachers work for the the taxpayers. Their employer is the School Committee, who has voted for them to return to work inside the building. Their opinions on what is and isn’t “safe” is irrelevant. If they don’t like it they’re free to quit. But parents and pretty much everyone else in the world has had quite enough of the whining coming from teachers, when we can’t send our kids to school and are expected to quit our jobs in order to do theirs for them, because they’re afraid of a virus that has virtually no chance of killing or hospitalizing them. I’m glad to see the parents finally speaking out and the SC talking to their attorneys about how to handle this.
This is the Andover Educator’s Association President Matthew Bach.
As you can see, he went with the tenured college professor look, but apparently couldn’t get a job in higher education so he teachers in the public schools instead. If he doesn’t do his job and go to work as he’s been dictated to then he should be fired. Plain and simple. He’s being insubordinate and urging other teachers to do the same. The only people being hurt by their selfish actions are the kids, who they clearly do not give a shit about as they enjoy their nice day lounging on the grass.
Meanwhile in Braintree they have something similar brewing.
“We do not believe that….”
What you believe doesn’t matter. The community feels safe enough to send their kids back, they pay your salary, the SC said you have to go back, so you must go back.
“We will conduct our work remotely.”
Oh I see – you set policy now. If you don’t feel like doing what your employer tells you to do you can just tell them to fuck off now. Ya know, because people travel to Braintree.
Unlike every other town in America where a wall keeps foreigners at bay.
Again, if the union led by Claire Brady and Hillary Carpinella don’t feel like going back, they’re more than welcome to find a new line of work where listening to your boss is optional.
BTW, this was Braintree teachers over the summer.
They’re really afraid of going back to work because then they’d have to be near each other and could spread commie cold. But standing shoulder to shoulder without masks on is cool because they have a sign. Ya know, because…science.
Just going through the MTA’s Facebook page will drive you insane too.
“Why would we need to be in the building in order to teach.”
Maybe because that’s where the kids are, you brain dead moron. I’ve never seen such a group of pathetic cowards in my life.
These same people will tell you to “stop whining” if you complain about it too.
Bitch, plenty of my taxes go to you already, and I’m fine with that because I support public education. But a big part of public education is having functioning schools where kids can go to learn. We don’t have that because your bitch ass is afraid of a pussy virus that killed less than 10,000 Americans. According to the CDC just 6% of reported COVID deaths were completely attributed to COVID. Most were extremely sick already. So unless you have a doctor’s note saying that commie cold could push you over the top if you get it, then you need to get your ass back to work and stop crying about a virus that we’re all gonna get eventually. Stop hiding from commie cold.
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I am truly ashamed to be in the MTA… but to raise a voice is to be set upon by the mob.
Superintendent Shelley Berman (himself a Legend in his own mind) finally got one right: he removed all the portable sanitary facilities and locked the doors to the buildings. Now the teachers whom refuse to enter the building are complaining about not being able to enter the building. In addition, he’s begun to dock their pay.
The wailing and gnashing of teeth is deafening, to the point my head might spin.
I feel like Ronald Reagan gave a playbook on how to deal with this on August 5, 1981. Maybe a district in MA could try that plan? I have a feeling the others teachers may change their mind quickly when an entire neighboring towns teachers are replaced.
First person i thought of when reading this.
Our kids depend on our teachers being there so let’s make teachers essential employees….and hire replacements for anyone who is unable to do the job for whatever reason….c’mon teachers vacation is over…get to work!
It is a losing battle spreading blame towards teachers during this crisis. You refuse and in total abstinence ridicule them for expressing the very same thing the majority of you do here on this blog. Freedom of Speech! But the most important concern that is overlooked by this blog is most of us are doing every possible thing to keep this virus contained “FOR MANKIND” as to prevent the spread regardless of ones misundering, blame or anger/beliefs.
It is obvious that many here laying blame do not understand what the state allows for funding for each district, publicly or privately in this unique situation. Ask any district what funding they are receiving or being promised and you will get the same answer =???????? because they haven’t been told. But why waste words on the countless articles that have been set forth right here and upon deaf ears. If the state government mandated in school learning during this crisis, and teachers refused to comply, then you would have every valid negative excuse towards our education system and what you wish upon them.
People are upset because this is a total sham job. The teachers union has power and is flexing it so they can do there jobs in pajamas from the computer. During this entire pandemic you can buy booze, weed, and now even go to a casino. Day cares are open. Little kids who can’t wear a mask all day are in daycare and then come home to kids who can’t go to school. Figure out how crazy that is. This is a bag job. They should fire all of these teachers. They are essential and they need to step up
And stop being such pussies
They have to be one of the most bloated payrolls in the state. Gym and health teachers making $100K plus a year. Teachers getting masters paid for the salary bump and retiring 5 years later. Get the old fat teachers who will die from COVID off the books.
Dumb-dumbs like to fill their time by getting angry about things that don’t impact them and are often just wrong about the facts. This is why Facebook is a toilet and anyone who takes the complaints of dumb-dumbs seriously is also a dumb-dumb. This goes more so for you idiots posting about Braintree teachers when you don’t actually know what you’re talking about – you just like that your anger makes you feel powerful and then accepted when other dumb-dumbs agree with you. It’s like confrontational politics is an identity – but that’s so sad. Life is happening around you. Honestly just go yell into a breeze – it will have the same impact. Bunch of losers.
Oh please enlighten us on how we are wronging Braintree teachers. You must be one of the lazy hacks who don’t wanna go back to work. Teachers can hang out all summer at the beach and parties but when it involves going back to work it’s “what about covid”. You are the loser
Maybe go read about Covid for thirty seconds to understand that outdoor transmission is unlikely – it might make you feel stupid for mentioning the beach in your angry screed. I know – it won’t because you’re just too stupid and any information that contradicts your anger will be discarded. That’s why people in your life don’t like you – they can sense your need to lash out because you are unhappy. And for the record I’m not a teacher and I’ve never been a union member. I just think most of you have no idea what you’re talking about. Braintree teachers aren’t striking – they just want information about air quality in the schools (that’s a reasonable request unless you’re an idiot, so…).
First of all dick breath I never said they were striking. I said they were lazy hacks . If we are following science ask me why every day care is open today but kids can’t go to school. And don’t give me the outside transmission crap. You know the majority of teachers are going to restaurants and Home Depot which last I checked were inside but can’t do their jobs. So you can kiss my ass. I know your a teacher. Have fun living in moms basement you douche
Oh Rosco, you are a dumb ass. These teachers are fucking lazy bitches. People can go to a fucking casino in this state but your telling me teachers can’t do there job. Get your head out of your ass. Like you know what’s going on. Your probably the Braintree teachers union president
You see, this person gets it!
Rocco do teachers care about the air quality at the restaurants they have been stuffing there faces at all summer. Didn’t think so
Hey dunce cap, Do you spend 8-10 hrs at the all day buffet? You must have been voted “MOST LIKELY TO SUCK SEED”!!
I assume many do care about air quality in restaurants – interested to know how you know they don’t (you don’t know but you just say it because you’re angry and venting anonymously makes you feel ok about your lousy life for a while, but I digress). I’ve seen very few people eating indoors – mostly outdoor dining (tho I would assume some inside diners have to be teachers). Here’s the thing: are you aware of any restaurants where you would be surrounded by children (who probably won’t be as good about mask wearing as adults) for hours at a time? I don’t think so, and dining out is much more time limited and any children who are there will be with parents, so it’s not the hypothetical teacher dining in who is responsible for that child, thus the dining teacher doesn’t have a classroom full of kids breathing on them while dining out. So I’d say there is a difference.
Also, all you geniuses who are bashing teachers are aware that approximately 25% of PARENTS are keeping their kids out of Braintree schools for the year, right? So it’s not only the teachers who are judging relative risk here. And did you also know that the union is now looking for MORE Braintree teachers to opt out of coming back into the schools so that they can teach this large population of remote learners? Kind of takes the wind out of your “lazy teachers won’t go back” sails doesn’t it? To be fair you never should’ve had wind under your sails on this one because you are just wrong in leaping to your angry conclusions. So, in summary fuck off and get a life offline you fucking losers.
Ps – no affiliation with teachers or unions – I work in a high rise in Boston for a private sector employer. I have a nice office. I have a nice life. Can you say the same? Maybe your anger is part of your problem. Take a look in the mirror, bozos.
Another piece of evidence showing that liberalism is a mental disorder
Disordered people seem to be attracted to the arts, entertainment and education. It must be because of the proximity to minor children, who they indoctrinate and sexually abuse. Democrats are perverts.
Will someone please turn the fucking record over?!?
No matter how much bitchin you do, it’s not gonna change things.
You’re 100% correct on this topic. I had a father who was a teacher in N.J. and I realize that is not that great but just like everyone else in the world you’re getting paid to do a job so DO IT. This remote learning excuse is a joke. Kids, especially young kids, can not learn properly on a computer. They need to be in the classroom, just as much for learning as for interacting with other kids. Most childhood socialization happens in school and for teachers to steal that from their students is theft. Theft from the kids in the form of knowledge and theft of money from the parents.
Take a page out of President Reagans book when 11, 000 Air Traffic controllers refused to work……….Tell them to return to work or be fired!!!! August 5, 1981
So we are just supposed to accept it because the teachers union says so? Wake the fuck up dummy
One of the thick skulled liberal shit heads in this article has a sign in the picture that ALLEGEDLY Covid 19 can cause mental issues. These liberals already have a much worse mental issue, so, Covid should be of NO issue to them. Ever try to have a reasonable discussion with a liberal? Normal people with a modicum of intelligence who have tried talking to brainwashed stupid ass liberals come to the conclusion that they are dealing with people of a diminished mental capacity. Trust me, Covid is the LEAST of the worries when dealing with liberals.
Braintree public schools completely exposed! Thanks God for Turtle Boy. At least some one calls it for what it is.
2 weeks before back to school return and it was decided and voted on for a hybrid return…the teachers are refusing to go back. Classy! Tonight we find out that the high school will not go back until October 13th. Apparently the inner classrooms in the high school are not well ventilated. Never were!!! Guess what. If you wear a mask, N 95 if you must and a clear shield , pretty sure your covered and protected. COVID is not living in the air system. Don’t worry, they are working on the ventilation!!! Oh, but It’s ok for the preschoolers to return to the same building! Yeah right. Just like your shitty technology. Sub par! You are a complete embarrassment to your profession. I blame the administration from the top down. Parents have tolerated this shit for way too long. These kids deserve better. Parents deserve better. Stop saying it’s a great school system. Now everyone knows , it’s not! Hope all of the teachers are working on there tech skills and preparing for live classes from the comforts of home. You will be held accountable. Not like the spring when you sent 1 hr of work assignments on a Wed. for the whole week…never seeing a student. It is not going to fly! DESE will be notified. Maybe they should trim A few jobs… Last I checked your not needed if there are no students. Ie. Caf staff, librarians, Nurses, cafeteria staff. Put the money toward the HVAC system and air purifiers!!!
Oh and don’t for get to vote to pass an over ride for the schools! What a joke!
As a manager at a large supermarket, i am proud of the associates who have been showing up and working through this pandemic and not making nearly as much as teachers. If they don’t work they don’t get paid. That’s just life. These teachers suck and need a dose of reality. Maga landslide 2020
They’ve gotten used to the extra long paid vacation, and now refuse to give it up. Why aren’t they smart enough to know, if you’re being forced to educate your own children – what the hell do you need them for? RIF them all, use the money for Covid research. Win win
When a stranger takes actions to become your adversary, let them do it, and make note of it. When your adversary takes actions to become your enemy, let them do it, and make note of it. When your enemy takes actions to become an aggressor, let them do it, and move ahead with your plan to crush them.
I stand with these esteemed educators! Only when it’s safe!
I had the pleasure of chatting with a good looking high school teacher last night who was 3 years into the profession. I was glad to see that she was on Team Normal despite we are all out drinking and having a good time..
I was also very glad to hear her call out the lazy scum, coward teachers in her district selfishly milking this fake pandemic.. Just know that it seems to be split down the middle I guess. Refreshing to see some solid teachers out there. Just sayin..
The current Andover Education Association President is a full-blown narcissistic sociopath for which there is no known cure. He has turned the union into a cult and ruined the teaching profession. Union members need to see the light and take a vote of no-confidence in this clown and his disciples.
I’m the one who gets to sit and play my bongos in the dirt.
Get the fuck back to work you liberal ‘tards.
Don’t these teachers see every other profession back at work? Why are they so special? They’re essential! They can’t even handle an in person development day with no students present?! Holy shit! The fragile precious teachers can’t be exposed to any COVID but everyone else can?!
Living around slugs like these teachers, always raising taxes and spewing commie bullshit is why dumb ass democrat states like massachusetts suck and normal people gtfo asap. fuck your fat scam! Shut down the schools and turn them into homeless shelters for the fat scammer teachers that ruined them.
This week the CDC quietly updated the Covid number to admit that only 6% of all the 153,504 deaths recorded actually died from Covid That’s 9,210 deaths The other 94% had 2-3 other serious illnesses & the overwhelming majority were of very advanced age”, has been reported the other day. In other words according to the CDC approx. 9000 people have died of the corona virus, not approx. 150,000 as previously claimed. We have always maintained since the beginning of this crisis that the numbers are highly inaccurate
The color coded Massachusetts covid town numbers are inconsequential. They are based upon 100,000 residents. So take a modest suburb of 25,000 that had 2 “cases” the week previous now sees 4 the following week and said town goes from green to dreaded yellow or, *gasp* red, negating the fact that those “cases” may have occurred within the same household. While coincidentally withholding the asymptomatic “case” load.
For these educators and administrators to rely on such a faulty system is ridiculous.
They may as well teach stuffing a square peg into a round hole.
It’s fraud plain and simpleton.
Such fraudulent bullshit !
Next thing you know the experts are going to tell us that Radon gasses and Co2 fumes only target Republicans with anger issues and flatulence problems……
Flatulence is a global problem and everyone poops. The home inspector assures my basement dwelling lifestyle is radon free.
CO2 plays a convenient role in regulating my breathing.
My anger tends to get toward stupidity and lack of common sense but will not allow myself to assume responsibility to another’s anger. In a circle jerk of wits you choose to show up paraplegic.
…..and a raging case of swamp ass.
My town just spent a hundred five million dollars on a school! During the town meetings the “heros” explained to us how our dopey kids could never possibly learn anything in the existing, perfectly fine school. They’d be left behind all of the other towns which have one hundred million dollar buildings. Now the hero’s are bending over backwards to convince us that we don’t need school buildings at all! OK heros, teach remotely, just give me back my tax money!
There is absolutely no reason to bring the Teacher Union to court. They have a binding contract that was negotiated. Nobody is allowed to Stike while under contract, Striking during a contract is breaking the contract. Send out the Termination letters as soon as possible, they don’t have a contract now. Stupid fucks should know the limits of their power in their contract, to fucking stupid to really read it. Need only one third of the teachers for remote learning. BTW nobody learns anything from remote learning. Totally stupid concept to pay full pay to a Teacher doing it on a laptop.
This is where Trump needs to step in and say: ” All teachers back to work you are fired” like Reagan did with the air traffic controllers.. I’m so sick of this shit! I’ve been back to work for eight fucking weeks get up off your fat asses and go back to work
And in other news ~38,000 Germans assemble, protest and attempt to storm the Reichstag to protest the muzzificati…um COVID-19 restrictions.
Kipling reports: “Wogs rout Chinks in the mountains”
The losing coach was less than impressed: “India’s move has seriously violated China’s territorial sovereignty, severely undermined the peace and stability of the Sino-Indian border area, and rebelled against this. China strongly opposed this,” said Zhang Shuili, a spokesperson for the People’s Liberation Army Western Theatre Command.
The breathless Kipling: “The Elephants stormed through the Yellow Peril to score 302 runs, 14 wickets, a laager of armoured vehicles and a few pennons”
Since working remotely is such an awesome idea, and 1 teacher can take the place of 3 in a remote learning environment….let the layoffs begin!!
No need for brick and mortar buildings, because remote learning is the new way….let the property sales begin!!
Don’t need custodial staff.
Don’t need buses.
Don’t need drivers.
Administration? Cut by 2/3.
Just think of all the $$$ us taxpayers are going to save!!
I know. I know.
The teachers will scream ” but, our contract!!”
Fuck you.
And fuck your contract!
You, as teachers, agreed to provide X- services in return for X- compensation.
You, thru your own actions, have broken your contractual obligations.
Get fucked !
These school districts should call the contract null and void. Go to court, if necessary, to seek redress.
I have to go to work every day.
If I tell my employer ” I’m afraid to go to work”, guess what happens to me?
These teachers, and their Unions need a harsh reality check.
Everybody is expendable.
Take your contract, and shove it up your collective asses!
From someone who was in the front row to some of this years ago — the bar is extremely low as to what the State has to provide. Combine that with the fact that the State also sets the acceleration rate for the school budgets, no budget will go down. To get this done you have to take on the whole state, and the only way to do that is with your wallet and your residence by moving. Except some other shill will buy your house and pay the taxes, so it will never change barring a SERIOUS focused effort to bring it to the State House and put pressure.
Where are the “I can’t quit my job to do YOURS” Facebook and Instagram banners? That would be cool to see, since it would certainly drive conversation.
Hi everyone. Please google CDC numbers of total nationwide deaths in kids and teens from COVID19. So far it’s less than 200 dead.
Then look up total nationwide deaths in kids and teens from 2009 h1n1 “swine flu.” 1,200 kids died.
Anyone remember the schools closing?
The insane thing is, this isn’t about covid. To those idiots, it’s about Trump!
Bingo!
Uncle Teddy, the Lion of the Senate always said he could depend on the useful idiots of the MA teachers Union to get him re-elected, they paid no attention to his exploits, it didn’t matter that Uncle Ted killed a girl, was running around a party with kids a third his age in his boxers while drinking whiskey, during the Palm Beach rape, he also made a waitress sandwich with Chris Dodd, I tell you my Uncle Teddy could PARTY!!
“I think that the issues between the union and the school district are really starting to cloud what’s most important in this.”
– Parent Stephanie Sweet
——
Ya fuckin think, you simpleton?
What in the holy hell have people who know a thing or two about the political arena been telling you for the past fucking four years, you dimwit?
Public sector unions are the devil. Even Uncle TB is beginning to figure it out.
If the is a common curriculum and established subjects then if teachers want to stay home there should be one teacher for each subject in each class. Electives like “Black Victimhood in America” “Basketball basket weaving” and “Car, Bike, and Plane for Dopes”
should be dropped and all teachers not representing 1 specific class for a specific grade should be dropkicked to the curb. “World needs more bartenders”
Exactly. Essentially, these nudniks are striking to prove we need far fewer of them than we currently have. Crazy how the teaching profession seems to attract low-capacity thinkers.
They were indoctrinated by their ‘progressive’ instructors in college to think they are the be-all and end-all. Instead, they will be shocked when they become unemployed.
Don’t tell us you can do your job sitting in your pajamas from home then tell us how vital you are to children come contract negotiation time.
Sue the MTA! Any employee not at work in the school on opening day is delinquent and discharged. Every job can be filled in one week. For YEARS the kids have been considered, nothing more than hostages to be used as a bargaining chip. You are not politicians as much as you would like to be. Your union dues are nothing more than payola to the politicians to go along on your gang rape of the students and parents. We expected better, since you have shown us the reality of education in today’s world, let us show you the reality of economics in today’s world. The unemployment rate is 16%, all due to your trying to take advantage of the tax payers. We have had enough, get back to work, or brush up you resume and get in the unemployment line. Trying to use children, you are all disgusting.Oh, by the way, Fuck You!
Private school applications are sky rocketing already for NEXT fall
These teacher union scumbags are the enemy of the people.
Joe Biden said “Ask yourself: Do I look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters? Really?”
Johnny what can you make out of this?
I can make a brooch….or a hat…or a pterodactyl….
Defund Teachers.
Interesting how Covid19 Democrat policies, teachers refusing to work for their pay and Burn Loot and Murder are all working towards the same goal of paralyzing the entire nation and still they fail.
Politics and stupidity aside,how is it every form of delivery driver from usps to the other end id the spectrum have been doing their jobs,as essential, no big paid tv ads or groups thanking a one of them. These leftist teachers unions have a hold on the schools,break the unions,charter schools succeed and will thrive ….Screw them let them all be unemployed.
Would love to see these cities slash their tax rates, which would reduce property taxes and local funding that is provided to schools. No reason to have all these teachers if classes are going to be taught remotely. College Professors teach online classes of 40-50 kids, no reason HS teachers cannot do that too. Make the cuts and lets get back to business.
The municipalities back into the tax rate number. The assessor assesses all the property, the number is generated for the town budget, those two things are reconciled to come up with the rate. Its a result, not a figure which drives other calculations.
Im tired of these fucking assholes with their selective bouts of fear mongering. These fucking pathetic teachers are so concerned for their health and safety that they can’t enter a building that has been cleaned, everyone wears a mask and will be heavily patrolled by the mask nazi’s yet have no qualms about heading over to home depot to pick up some shitty lawn furniture or head to roche brothers for their groceries. These lazy fucks have enjoyed the last 6 months of doing shit and getting paid for it and want the fun & games to continue. It would be really nice if an elected official(s) had the balls to call out these lazy fucks and demand that they go back to work or resign from their position. Id demand a tax break but we all know that would never happen!
Does the twit with the “mental and neurological” sign know that the same is true of seasonal influenza? #science
Maybe it’s time to privatize schools….
….except they’ll still extort the taxes out of you anyway. Ask the Hasidic community in Brooklyn, when they shut down the public schools. Except fortunately since there is a gazillion people in NYC, no one barely notices the tax hit.
The Bruins will be on the golf course shortly.
Great news. An asteroid will hit the west coast in 3 weeks. If that fails to materialize, COVID 20 will be released in early October.
Some of the ugliest bitches I’ve seen in a long time
something something her vagina stinks…. maybe tie in how her husband looks half mexican… goya….
quick give me upvotes!!!!
Last night I imagined what you might look like and then I drew a picture of you.
Then I put that picture on my mirror and put on the leather mask with the zipper mouth and then clamped my nipples onto a car battery. Oooooo yeah
Work or be fired. Fuck you you bunch of commie assholes. Go make $10 an hour at Starbucks entitled bunch of fucking lazy whiners.
Let the layoffs begin. No work no pay