Questions from the School Committee

Mr. O'Connell speaks about Eagle Hill..."the concern that I have is in regard to waivers...there's a strong concern by the state that all of our teachers are or are becoming certified" (It might be good to be asking that they be certified upon application!) "If you don't have a license, you must have a waiver; if you do not have a waiver, you do not have a contract." He calls this "not a yellow light, but a red light."
O'Connell points out that most of the teachers who are teaching under waivers are long time employees, having been in the system for a number of years, who neither a license or a waiver. "cries out for our attention and for our concern...no excuse for having individuals with us who have been teaching with us for years..an embarrassment to us..people have let us down...individuals who need to take leadership...is a dysfunctional department..for the sake of the individual teachers..need to address this...this aspect of law and administration has not been carried out."

Mrs. Mullaney points out that some of the people hired may have been hired for jobs for which they were certified, but now are in a different position.

Luster comments that what O'Connell read off was not years in position but steps. "But again, Mr. O'Connell, you have misread this report."