BOSTON (WHDH) – Boston teachers, educators, and paraprofessionals joined a nationwide protest Monday as they held a city wide walk-in as they push for a better contract with the Boston Public Schools.
Staff gathered at more than a dozen schools before classes started for the day in an effort to educate the community about their union contract on the exact day that federal funding of COVID-19 relief programs ended.
“Now more than ever our students need support,” said Boston Teachers Union President Erik Berg. “We’re asking that that support be codified in a fair contract that meets the needs of our students and our educators.”
Speaking with reporters, Berg said city teachers are overwhelmed.
In talks with school district counterparts, teachers are asking for more assistance in the classroom.
“We think that students with disabilities and our multilingual learners need and deserve the support of an additional teacher in order to thrive in our general education classrooms,” Berg said.
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