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Baltimore Teachers Union tells board building conditions, harassment and transfer process harm staff
Summary
At the March 25 Baltimore City Public Schools board meeting, Sherry Brown of the Baltimore Teachers Union raised complaints about school building maintenance, alleged administrative harassment, and problems with the employee transfer window and staffing timelines.
Sherry Brown, on an external assignment with the Baltimore Teachers Union as a PSRP member engagement specialist, told the Baltimore City Public Schools board on March 25 that staff are facing unsafe and unworkable conditions in district buildings and that personnel processes are harming employees.
"Baltimore City has spent millions of dollars to upgrade and renovate our school buildings, yet we have buildings where students still cannot drink from water fountains," Brown said. She described repeated elevator failures, ongoing rodent and roach infestations, heat tickets closed without resolution, and elevators she said lacked inspection stickers.
Brown also told the board that some staff face…
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