Teachers face uncertain future

Michael Morton of the Milford Daily News reported on a teacher meeting held on Tuesday at the high school.

"It brings the teachers together," said Mary Doherty as she left the information session. Doherty, a Franklin parent and fourth-grade teacher at Oak Street Elementary School, said, "There are a lot of teachers in there getting cut."

During the meeting, staff also received an update on contract talks, with union President Chandler Creedon Jr., the Horace Mann Middle School psychologist, later confirming that negotiations are on hold until the fate of a $2.7 million Proposition 2 1/2 tax override is known. The schools' portion would be $2.14 million.

The session focused on budget issues with three main concerns, according to union Vice President Donna Grady, who is a kindergartner teacher at Helen Keller Elementary School: staff reductions, larger class sizes if teachers are lost, and trying to get information out to parents in an appropriate and ethical manner.

"It's very discouraging," she said of the situation, adding that not having immediate answers before the May 22 override vote increased the frustration. "It's really just waiting for what the budget is going to be."

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