EV Vol. 33, No.19 -FREEEVE ER TT Have a Safe & Happy Mother’s Day! D OCAT www.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday School Committee addresses alleged misconduct in Executive Session Local resident barred from school board meetings, school property By Neil Zolot T he School Committee ended this week’s meeting (Monday, May 6) with an Executive Session to discuss accusations of misconduct by Ward 4’s Robin Babcock. It was to “discuss complaints or charges brought against a public officer, employee, staff member or individuals, pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws to wit: School Committee member Robin Babcock.” She is alleged to have been involved in a physical altercation. “Allegations were made and we are obligated to investigate,” Ward 3 member and Committee Chairperson Jeanne Cristiano said. “If a member has an allegation against them, an inquiry is made,” Superintendent William Hart added. Member At-Large and Vice Chairperson Samantha Lambert told Babcock, “I commit to giving you the presumpresponded. “This was handled by our attorney and I relied on that for the language. One shouldn’t demand transparency in one area, but not another.” The outcome of the investigation may aff ect Babcock’s role on the School Committee. Resident Paula Sterite on Paula Sterite Barred from Everett school property and events tion of innocence and privacy we give to all staff .” Lambert noted that Babcock’s name was used in the agenda item, unlike previous such instances. “No names should have been used,” she stated. “We didn’t do that before, but we’ve been subject to accusations of Open Meeting Law violations,” Cristiano Monday was offi cially banned from attending any future meetings on Everett School property when it was determined she directed a high school student to take a picture of a school employee speaking to a student while another student stood nearby without parental permission, so it could be published on a social media site that’s known to intimidate city and school offi cials. The social media site, Everett Reporter, which is run by a convicted felon known as Anthony Raymond, is associatMISCONDUCT | SEE PAGE 7 SINCE 1921 Messinger Insurance Agency 475 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 Phone: 617-387-2700 Fax: 617-387-7753 NEW COMPETITIVE AUTO RATES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE ACCIDENT FORGIVENESS DISAPPEARING COLLISION DEDUCTIBLE 11% DISCOUNT WITH SUPPORTING POLICY 10% COMBINED PAY IN FULL DISCOUNT AND GREEN DISCOUNT 10% GOOD STUDENT DISCOUNT Celebrating 100 years of excellence! Monday thru Friday: 8am to 6pm Saturdays 9am to 1pm! Check out our NEW website! www.messingerinsurance.com M ADVOCTE 617-387-2200 Friday, May 10, 2024 Mayor advocates for more affordable housing opportunities for Everett residents Met with Secretary Ed Augustus at Glendale Towers to discuss affordable housing and more Special to Th e Advocate ayor Carlo DeMaria recently met with Secretary Ed Augustus from the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) at Glendale Towers to discuss the importance of creating more aff ordable housing opportunities for Everett residents. The Mayor, along with State Rep. Joe McGonagle, shared with the Secretary concerns about how units under current aff ordability programs still require rents that are higher than struggling Everett families can aff ord and the need to fi nd ways to further reduce the rents in afDISCUSS | SEE PAGE 6 Mayor seeks volunteers to help place U.S. Flags on graves of veterans Residents are asked to participate in the special task of honoring those who served and are no longer with us Local residents joined together last year to place U.S. fl ags on the graves of veterans at Woodlawn Cemetery. (Advocate fi le photo) Special to Th e Advocate M ayor Carlo DeMaria is pleased to announce that the City of Everett has planned two days to place U.S. fl ags on the graves of veterans at Glenwood and WoodFLAGS | SEE PAGE 25
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