In the first four hours of an oversight hearing Tuesday into a report from the Office of the Child Advocate on the death of a Fall River teenager with autism, lawmakers and Baker administration officials honed in on a lack of understanding within the Department of Children and Families of the unique needs of disabled children, communication breakdowns, and implementing reforms within the department.
David Almond, a 14-year-old, was found on Oct. 21 emaciated, bruised, and unresponsive at his father s home in Fall River. Almond, one of three triplet boys, was under the watch of child welfare agencies in New York and Massachusetts and had been removed from his father s home in October 2017 as a result of allegations of neglect and physical abuse, according to the state s Office of the Child Advocate.
SALEM â Members of Oregonâs congressional delegation and its legislature are working to improve support for families with young children.
Megan McMillan has known for a while how important quality child care is, and how difficult it can be to find in the Portland area. The pandemic also taught moms like her how hard it is to go without it.
âAfter enduring attempts to work from home full-time, with two kids under 5, I can tell you with no doubt that child care is the work that makes all other work possible,â she said.
The growing consensus that child care is a necessary part of a functioning economy â and that Oregonâs patchwork of providers isnât up to the job â has pressed elected leaders from Salem to Washington, D.C., to pursue major changes.
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Megan McMillan has known for a while how important quality child care is, and how difficult it can be to find in the Portland area. The pandemic also taught moms like her how hard it is to go without it.
“After enduring attempts to work from home full-time, with two kids under five, I can tell you with no doubt that child care is the work that makes all other work possible,” McMillan said.
The growing consensus that child care is a necessary part of a functioning economy and that Oregon’s patchwork of providers isn’t up to the job has pressed elected leaders from Salem to Washington, DC to pursue major changes.
Teachers unions call for Mass. school board memberâs resignation after âdemeaningâ comment
Moriarty apologized Friday, promising to âcommunicate much better going forwardâ
By Felicia Gans Globe Staff,Updated April 28, 2021, 3:27 p.m.
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The presidents of two local teachers unions echoed calls for state education board member Michael Moriarty to resign on Wednesday, saying his âinflammatory remarksâ during a public meeting last week were insulting.
In an April 20 board meeting, Moriarty, who spent 13 years on the Holyoke School Committee, said that while âthereâs no getting awayâ from freezing school district performance reviews because of the pandemic-related cancellation of MCAS exams,