School Committee faces angry parents - Littleton, MA - Littleton Independent:
"Littleton - The School Committee faced an angry, cynical but mostly respectful crowd of parents and students Thursday night all of whom object to the decision by Superintendent Diane Bemis not to renew the contract of middle school Principal Kevin Moran.
The schools are still negotiating a new contract with the teachers’ association, or union. But when the news of Moran’s dismissal leaked out, the reaction was immediate and vociferous. Parents pleaded for a reason as to why Bemis would ax a beloved principal, but they got no response.
The committee and Bemis sat in silence in the high school library, citing the confidentiality of personnel matters and the state law.
A petition signed by more than 300 parents asking for reconsideration was presented to School Committee Chairman Charlie Ellis by Rose Wing, who read passages from letters that came in from current and former students at the middle school supporting Moran."
"Littleton - The School Committee faced an angry, cynical but mostly respectful crowd of parents and students Thursday night all of whom object to the decision by Superintendent Diane Bemis not to renew the contract of middle school Principal Kevin Moran.
The schools are still negotiating a new contract with the teachers’ association, or union. But when the news of Moran’s dismissal leaked out, the reaction was immediate and vociferous. Parents pleaded for a reason as to why Bemis would ax a beloved principal, but they got no response.
The committee and Bemis sat in silence in the high school library, citing the confidentiality of personnel matters and the state law.
A petition signed by more than 300 parents asking for reconsideration was presented to School Committee Chairman Charlie Ellis by Rose Wing, who read passages from letters that came in from current and former students at the middle school supporting Moran."