Educators across the public school district have been working for over 31 days without a new contract. Now they’re taking a stand: on sidewalks, at Government Center and during City Council meetings. 

A compilation of signatures has graced Mayor Paul Coogan’s and city councilors’ desks, demanding fair compensation, an inclusive parental leave policy and “language that respects the expert judgment of Fall River public school educators,” reads a statement in a Fall River Educators’ Association press release. 

Troubled by a lack of urgency, FREA President Keith Michon said, “Fall River educators are among the lowest-paid in the region, and every year we lose great teachers and paraeducators to other districts.” FREA represents approximately 850 educators.

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