Letter to the Editor: Living wages for Lexington Public School employees

Lexington, we have a problem. As of today, the majority of Lexington Public School employees have been working without a contract for 72 days. Your children’s teachers, instructional assistants, academic coaches, interventionists, administrative support staff, special education service providers, nurses, mental health professionals, recess supervisors, and more show up daily to educate Lexington students. To make this happen in the next fiscal cycle, we need your support at the Budget Summit on November 18. As the Lexington Select Board continues to direct money into special accounts, they place the Lexington School Committee in the untenable position of offering salaries that keep many of my colleagues working below a living wage. The dedicated School Committee team meets with the Lexington Education Association to negotiate new contracts, but educators cannot accept their low compensation proposals.

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