For the first time ever, the Bedford teachers union said it voted last week to declare they had "no confidence" in the district's administration.

Bedford Education Association President Trish Duncan said the Nov. 17 "no confidence" vote was due to a loss of trust in Superintendent Cassandra Johnson and her administration after seeing little movement on issues facing teachers and students.

" We sat down with Dr. Johnson about three weeks ago as a union ... my vice president, myself, our labor relations consultant, and her and her attorney and said, 'This is what we need to see change.' And there was no response to that," she said.

Duncan said the district has undertaken many lengthy, costly investigations of teachers and other staff in recent years. The union in a news release said some

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