Thursday, February 18, 2016

Part 1 Letter to Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education

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To the News Media:

Enclosed is a letter to Mitchell D. Chester, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education



Mitchell D. Chester
Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street
Malden, MA 02148

Dear Mr. Chester:

I was targeted by Roy Belson, the Superintendent of Medford Schools, Mark E. Rumley - the City Solicitor of Medford, and allegedly Police Chief Leo A. Sacco Jr. when, in my position of editing a popular Medford website - will hit 620,000 page views today - and as a speaker at the city council of Medford, I and others alerted the residents to the unethical conduct of Belson, Rumley, Chief Sacco and others in allegedly attempting to cover up a false bomb threat or threats and alleged sex scandals at Medford High School.

The Sec. of State's office is aware that I feel Rumley and Belson failed to properly address a public records request on the bomb threat(s) and the sex scandals that notoriously pop up at Medford High School, along with the theft at the McGlynn school hushed up until after the Nov 3, 2015 election and the crazed woman who got on a school bus and allegedly accosted or frightened a child.  When they do let the news out, or respond to a request, it isn't in a timely manner beneficial to the parents, the students or the residents of Medford those alleged "public servants" are supposed to be working for.

I read with great interest your quote from the November 20, 2013 WCVB website:

"It's very troubling," said Mitchell Chester, commissioner of the Massachusetts department of elementary and secondary education. "We have zero tolerance for that kind of behavior and we're very aggressive in going after those individuals," said Chester.

Exhibit A: Former Medford High School teacher Mark Smith lost his teaching license last year after allegations surfaced he sexually abused a former female student. ..;. Records show Smith also lied on his renewal application in 1999 claiming he was never convicted of any crimes, even though he pleaded guilty to assault and battery in 1983.


In the city of Medford there are hideous acts that are beyond "troubling,"  and where you have "zero tolerance," Mr. Chester, in Medford it is a free for all of malfeasance, allegedly coddling offenders or allegedly quietly removing them

Roy Belson hired Heidi Riccio, a woman discarded from the Lawrence School System for allegedly lying about a teacher of the year award.  See Exhibit B, below

On June 21, 2012 the Medford Patch published: " A total of ten Medford school teachers and administrators make up the smallest class of retirees in over a decade, according to superintendent Roy Belson."   What that news outlet failed to mention is that one of the teachers - Mark Smith (see Exhibit A, above)  - was lumped in with all of the teachers that didn't have a dark cloud over their head:   "Mark Smith, Medford High School, 30 years" (see EXHIBIT C)



Exhibit B

Jul 18, 2013 - Heidi Riccio, the new director of Medford Vocational Technical High School. Heidi Riccio lost her job as an administrator at Greater Lawrence Technical School in June after an internal investigation found she had taken credit for a national award she never won.


Exhibit C  Mark Smith