Despite stress and echoes of Covid closures, many Woburn parents say they support teacher strikes

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The teacher strikes in Woburn stretch on for a fourth day today. Though many parents support the strikes, one mother with kids in the school system said the last few days have been eerily reminiscent of school days during the height of COVID-19.

for three days — and counting — has largely found support among parents, though they’ve had to cope with work-related complications with no school.

The average annual teacher pay in Woburn is around $85,000, while the starting salary for a paraprofessional is $22,621.with Woburn city leaders, resulting in school closures since Monday for roughly 4,500 students. But still, Paris says, the last few days have been “stressful” and “confusing” — and eerily reminiscent of school days during the height of COVID-19. “Every day when they ask, ‘Are we going back to school tomorrow?,’ I don’t know the answer to that question,” Paris, a human relations professional who works from home, said.

But Valverde — who works as a substitute teacher in the district, and is not covered by the union — says she would like the kids back in school. “They are happy, like I said, but … I think they need that [school-based] socialization.”Andrew Regan, who has a kindergartener in the schools and two other children under age five, says the strike-related closure does “bring the stress level up” in his home.

 

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