To the editor:

It is hurtful to the teachers and the educational system in general to seek damages for any alleged harm to the students from the teacher strike.  I understand that the time can and will be made up by cancelling a vacation. So the end result is that the student’s vacation has been shifted.  That is no severe harm to a student’s education. Perhaps it is harmful to the parent’s vacation plans.

The head of the school committee was asked last week on a radio show whether a contract would have come to fruition without the strike.  He responded, “Yes,” because the Committee was negotiating with the teacher’s union. Of course they had been negotiating for 16 months without coming to a contract.  No one should believe that a fair contract would have been reached without the strike.  It is a priority that teachers be paid fairly. They have been injured by the failure of the school committee to offer reasonable contract provisions.

Jerome Aaron

Newtonville

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