{"id":1187,"date":"2016-05-11T17:50:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T21:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=1187"},"modified":"2018-10-09T16:57:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T20:57:50","slug":"teachers-protest-malden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2016\/05\/11\/teachers-protest-malden\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers protest planned budget cuts in Malden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe just want the city to give the School Department the money to fund the schools properly,\u201d said Bonnie Page, president of the <a href=\"http:\/\/malden.massteacher.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malden Education Association<\/a>, a union representing some 750 teachers, specialists, nurses, directors, house\/assistant principals and paraprofessionals in the Malden Public Schools. The group protested in front of Malden City Hall this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The budget for the next school year has a shortfall of $1.1 million she said. \u201cThere still are going to be cuts\u201d to school services, she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1190\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/picMaldenTeachersProtest160511_1436w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1190\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/picMaldenTeachersProtest160511_1436w-1024x603.jpg\" alt=\"Malden Education Association protest at Malden City Hall, May 11, 2016. (Greg Cook)\" width=\"640\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/picMaldenTeachersProtest160511_1436w-1024x603.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/picMaldenTeachersProtest160511_1436w-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/picMaldenTeachersProtest160511_1436w.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malden Education Association protest at Malden City Hall, May 11, 2016. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The group was also opposing the state ballot question that would lift the cap on charter schools across the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got the Mystic Valley Charter School [in Malden], which takes $8.4 million from our budget,\u201d Page said. \u201cThey don\u2019t have to make cuts. They\u2019re not laying off anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Page said, \u2018The funding is wrong and nobody is brave enough in the Legislature to do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1189\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/picMaldenTeachersProtest160511_1416w.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1189\" src=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/picMaldenTeachersProtest160511_1416w-1024x778.jpg\" alt=\"Malden Education Association protest at Malden City Hall, May 11, 2016. (Greg Cook)\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/picMaldenTeachersProtest160511_1416w-1024x778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/picMaldenTeachersProtest160511_1416w-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/picMaldenTeachersProtest160511_1416w.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malden Education Association protest at Malden City Hall, May 11, 2016. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe just want the city to give the School Department the money to fund the schools properly,\u201d said Bonnie Page, president of the Malden Education Association, a union representing some 750 teachers, specialists, nurses, directors, house\/assistant principals and paraprofessionals in the Malden Public Schools. The group protested in front of Malden City Hall this afternoon. 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