Central Falls teachers’ union head to skip national conference
01:00 AM EST on Sunday, January 16, 2011
Central Falls Teachers’ Union president Jane Sessums says she won’t attend a national conference designed to improve the relationship among teachers, school districts and school committees that is sponsored in part by her national union, the American Federation of Teachers.
In an email Friday afternoon, Sessums said her decision to decline the conference, scheduled for Feb. 15-16 in Denver, should not be interpreted as unwillingness to cooperate on her part, but rather was because of “the district’s unwillingness to establish a truly meaningfu