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EXCLUSIVE: BUMP OUT Suzanne Bump will not seek a fourth term as state auditor, creating an opening for a statewide seat in 2022 that’s sure to set off a flurry of activity among the deep bench of Bay State pols hungry for higher office.
The reason? Refusing to administer the state s scheduled standardized test.
On Monday, McCarthy walked into school with a group of 25 other people who support her position as a conscientious objector to the state-mandated administration of the state s standardized test, Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, or MCAS.
McCarthy said she is willing to be disciplined, including an unpaid suspension, to protest the continued administration of the standardized tests. But both this Monday and on May 21, she was given one day of paid administrative leave for expressing her views.
McCarthy said she told Hull school administrators she would refuse to administer the tests this year in a letter she sent two weeks prior.
The Massachusetts Teachers Association has proposed its own vaccination plan, teaming up with nurses, firefighters and EMTs to vaccinate teachers at every school district. It s an onsite program where we control the registration so it s efficient, it s effective, we want the governor to join us in that plan, said Merrie Najimy, the MTA president.
It s a plan that would allow teachers to forgo the online booking system. We can solve the problem of the debacle of the vaccine rollout, said Najimy.
The union says the idea hasn t been rejected, but so far, Gov. Charlie Baker has not signed on.
Superintendents in Middlesex County have ideas, as well. They re asking the state to have teachers vaccinated in school on a Friday in order to minimize school day disruption and to allow teachers a couple of days to recover from any issues.