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Teacher says mandatory compliance training is being shifted onto teachers’ personal time; asks district to provide work-hour time for completion

5923287 · September 12, 2025
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Jennifer McCarthy, a third-grade teacher in Lynn Public Schools, told the School Committee during open mic that required compliance training this fall is being assigned to teachers to complete on their own time and asked the district to provide paid work time for completion.

A third-grade teacher with 27 years in the district, identifying herself as Jennifer McCarthy, addressed the School Committee during open mic on Sept. 11 to request the district provide work-day time to complete required compliance training. McCarthy said teachers must complete multiple required courses within the first months of school and that she was told this year the training is "just part of our personal responsibility" and must be done on their own time. She contrasted…

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