Negotiations now underway on new Malden Public Schools teachers’ contract Malden School Committee announces talks on new collective bargaining agreement with Malden Education Association Young Malden musician performs in Boston on MLK Day Special to The Advocate By Steve Freker T alks have begun between the Malden School Committee and the Malden Education Association (MEA) on a new contract. Malden Superintendent of Schools Dr. Timothy Sippel, ED.L.D and Malden School Committee Vice Chair Jennifer Spadafora made the announcement jointly in a letter to the School Committee earlier this week. Dr. Sippel and Vice Chair Spadafora stated, “The Malden School Committee is set to begin negotiations with the Malden Malden School Committee Vice Chair Jennifer Spadafora Education Association (MEA), Units A, B, and C for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement at our opening session today-January 23, 2025. Our current agreement will expire on August 31, 2025.” Representing the MEA will be President Deb Gesualdo and her bargaining team. The three Unit A, B and C members are working on an existing three-year contract that was signed two years ago and is now in its final CONTRACT | SEE PAGE 9 Supt. Dr. Timothy Sippel, Ed.L.D. In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Mayor Gary Christenson was on hand at the Museum of Fine Arts as Malden’s own Kiernan Ceide performed at ArtSpark Boston’s “Radical Heroes” – a musical tribute to Dr. King’s vision for racial justice! (Courtesy photo) Everett Police officer placed on leave after allegedly biting Malden Police officer in the face Prosecutors: Alleged victim is a Malden Police officer who was working a paid detail at Stop & Shop in Malden Sunday By Steve Freker A Malden Police officer was allegedly assaulted by being bitten in the face and punched by an ex-girlfriend—an Everett Police officer—while working a paid police detail at Stop & Shop in Malden on Sunday, prosecutors said in Malden District Court Tuesday. According to prosecutors, the Malden Police officer, who was not identified, was assaulted a second time, later Sunday, when the suspect, identified as Everett Police officer Marie Sylvain, 27, went to his home for another confrontation. Officer Sylvain left the Malden District courthouse —located in Medford— after pleas of "not guilty" to two charges of assault and battery on a household or family member were entered, according to an online report. Another online report, by WCVB-TV in Boston, indicated Officer Sylvain, a Peabody resident, was placed on paid leave from Everett Police Department, since the incident was reported. She was released on her own recognizance following Tuesday morning's arraignment. The WCVB-TV report stated Terrence Kennedy, an Everett atMalden District Court, which is located within the Middlesex Superior Court on the Fellsway in Medford. (Courtesy Photo) POLICE | SEE PAGE 11
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