THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026 Page 3 ~ POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT ~ Sean M. Salazar Announces Candidacy for the Northeast Metro Tech School Committee M y name is Sean M. Salazar, and I currently represent Malden on the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School Committee. Earlier this year, I was appointed to fi ll Malden’s vacant seat and am now running for that position in the November 3rd election. I’m a Career and Vocational Technical Education teacher at Everett High School, where I teach Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts. Before becoming an educator, I spent 20 years working in the hospitality industry. I am also an active member of the Everett Teachers Association and Massachusetts Teachers Association. My professional background has given me the opportunity to experience Career and Technical Education from two perspectives: as someone who spent years working in industry and as a teacher preparing students to enter it. I believe Career and Technical Education is about much more than teaching a trade. It’s about helping students discover their interests, develop technical and academic skills, learn to communicate and solve problems and gain the confi dence to make informed decisions about their futures. Whether students pursue employment, apprenticeships, college or military service, our responsibility is to make sure they have meaningful opportunities and are prepared for whatever comes next. Since joining the School Committee, I’ve been particularly involved in reviewing our policies and considering how they affect the people who learn and work at Northeast. I’ve pushed for the strongest protections possible under our Protect Act policy and believe that work must continue beyond adopting a policy. We need to understand how it aff ects students, families and staff and ensure that everyone responsible for implementing it, including our School Resource Officers, understands and follows its requirements. I’m also interested in bringing student clubs and activities into our conversations to better understand what support they need. That includes making sure LGBTQIA+ students, students of color and other underrepresented members of our school community have opportunities to be heard. I support Northeast’s continued development toward a polytechnic model and the opportunities it can create for students pursuing diff erent educational and career pathways. I also believe that building relationships with fellow School Committee members is essential to identifying shared priorities across all 12 communities. Underlying all of this is my commitment to transparency and accountability. Families and communities deserve to understand the decisions being made, the reasons behind them and how those decisions aff ect their students. One aspect of this election that may be unfamiliar to voters is how Northeast’s regional School Committee is elected. Northeast serves 12 communities: Chelsea, Malden, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Revere, Saugus, Stoneham, POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT | SEE Page 10 Lawrence A. Simeone Jr. Attorney-at-Law ~ Since 1989 ~ * Corporate Litigation * Criminal/Civil * MCAD * Zoning/Land Court * Wetlands Litigation * Workmen’s Compensation * Landlord/Tenant Litigation * Real Estate Law * Construction Litigation * Tax Lien * Personal Injury * Bankruptcy * Wrongful Death * Zoning/Permitting Litigation 300 Broadway, Suite 1, Revere * 781-286-1560 lsimeonejr@simeonelaw.net SABATINO/MASTROCOLA INSURANCE AGENCY 519 BROADWAY EVERETT, MA 02149 Auto * Home * Boat * Renter * Condo * Life * Multi-Policy Discounts * Commercial 10% Discounts * Registry Service Also Available PHONE: (617) 387-7466 FAX: (617) 381-9186 Visit us online at:WWW.SABATINO-INS.COM
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