Malden teachers union votes no confidence in school superintendent

By Bianca Vázquez Toness Globe Staff,Updated June 2, 2022, 7:42 p.m.

Students returned to in-person school in Malden last spring.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

The union representing educators in Malden Public Schools overwhelmingly approved a vote of no confidence against Superintendent Ligia Noriega-Murphy over recent layoffs and what they describe as poor communication.

More than 99 percent of those with the Malden Education Association who were in attendance Wednesday night approved the no-confidence vote. The decision comes after months of building tensions between the schools chief and the union, which represents more than 700 teachers, assistant principals, and assistant teachers, and also as parents and students raise questions about her credentials.

The union complains that Noriega-Murphy didn’t communicate with them before announcing more than 60 layoffs last month and has often tried to make changes that ignored their contract during her first year on the job.

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