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Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley. (State House News Service)
More than 100 local teachers unions have taken a vote of no confidence in Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley over concerns about his leadership during the pandemic, union representatives told the state education board on Tuesday.
Haverhill Education Association President Anthony Parolisi, a civics teacher, read a declaration he said was signed by more than 50,000 members of the Massachusetts Teachers Association. He described the votes and declaration as a grassroots effort that originated from several union locals, not the MTA.
Parolisi said the signatories want to see Riley changes his practices, listen more to educators, and stop trying to overrule local decisions and strong-arm them into reopening schools.