CT teachers union calls on state to investigate superintendent

The state’s largest teacher’s union is challenging a decision by the Connecticut State Department of Education not to investigate what it describes as serious complaints against a Connecticut superintendent.

The Connecticut Education Association alleges that Stamford Superintendent Tamu Lucero over the years allowed unsafe working and learning conditions including verbal and physical assaults by students in a number of middle schools, that a student was falsely accused by an assistant principal of attempted assault and that central administration pressured teachers to publicly support a scheduling model they did not agree with.

“We are going to continue to fight and pressure the administration and utilize all our resources be it grievances … or lawsuits if necessary,” said Kate Dias,