So lets be clear here

So lets be clear here : Its OK for an  Administration that bullies teachers and harasses students, but its not OK to go to the SC concerning this because it violates their rights if stated in open meeting ? Are you kidding me. You just gave them both an open slate to continue down the same path of abuse. Maybe someone should of pointed out how children of color were Bacon's targets when she first arrived and that one parent removed her child due to she did not feel he would be safe at that school or get a proper education. Do you call that right? Your also saying Bullying is acceptable if done by a Administrator. SERIOUSLY?
Why would you bring lawyers if you had nothing to hide? I know why Miller would same reason she did it at the last few schools she was at , her abuse to teachers and others is way outta hand. Wheres their rights? Wheres the rights of the teachers who spoke out against both Miller and Bacon who are now unemployed ? This school has been bleeding administrators and teachers since they both arrived! Many have jumped ship who have been here for many years .. we now lost a band teacher who was one of the greatest in the state, he moved as soon as his daughter graduated and who didn't see that coming! He loved this school and its students he knew like the rest of us PVRS is running on borrowed time. However, Cathy HH award --- Priceless.

As for Pat Shearer .. she has been approached on many occasions by many teachers and she did NOTHING . We lost so much the first year Miller was here and the downward spiral has just deepen and continues to fall. From being told by a special committee not to hire Miller to pushing Dorion out, its all been a disaster  and its all on you Pat .  PVRS is dying from the inside out and nobody hears its cries. Students have spoken out, teachers have tried as well all to fall on deaf ears and be fired. Be guaranteed Pat as we have told you before you will be the first Miller throws under the bus.

As for Bacon and Miller they are both working off the same script . Being a follower not a leader Miller provides all the information for Bacon to follow and when push comes to shove she too will be thrown under that bus with Pat and anyone who speaks out against her.

Yes,Jeanne Milton the students have lost , they lost their beloved Mr Duprey and teachers because they spoke out against Miller and Bacon and Perry .. they lost more than they should of and this is not on anyone's head but the school committees who did nothing from day one.

Lets do a test on Bacon and Perry - Tell us how many of the kids do you know by name from last years 7th grade class? I can tell you and so can others Mike Duprey would of  known all of them. I bet money you don't . What did you teach them last year as first year students ? I bet you didn't even make an effort while you were to busy checking cars and bathrooms. However, ask any kid who knew Mike.. and they will tell you he taught them respect for others as well as themselves, to reach for the stars and believe in yourselves that any dream was reachable if you wanted it and to be kind to one another . They also knew he was available to them and supportive. I have NOT heard one positive thing about either of you  from students and kids are still wondering what Perry does. This SC is what was traded ..  Or how about Cathy HH? I can also tell you she would of  known them also by name  and she could be hard but kids respected her and went to her .. again this is what you traded . So yes, Jeanne Milton the kids have lost more than you seem to comprehend or any of you on that committee. I will give the SC this in 2 short years you have managed to destroy a great school and spirit that will be forever lost. Good Job. Hows that Karma feeling now?

NORTHFIELD — Prior to an anticipated executive session Thursday, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee voted against hearing complaints involving Pioneer Principal Jean Bacon and Superintendent Ruth Miller.
Bacon and Miller attended the meeting accompanied by their respective attorneys, Sheilah McCarthy and Michael Long. McCarthy argued Bacon’s rights had been “trampled on” when the committee allowed people to air complaints against her during public meetings, which McCarthy said occurred on three occasions.
“The open meeting law does not allow you to hear complaints in open session,” explained Russell Dupere, the school district’s attorney.
The law states a public body may discuss an employee evaluation, applicants for a position or the qualifications of an individual in open session, but only “to the extent that the discussion deals with issues other than the reputation, character, health, or any complaints or charges against the individual.”

http://www.mass.gov/ago/government-resources/open-meeting-law/attorney-generals-open-meeting-law-guide.html

In such cases, an executive session is called, as was the case Thursday. The law states the individual being discussed has the right to be present — but can choose not to attend — and can choose at that point to have the discussion in open session. Both Bacon and Miller requested that should the complaints be heard, they be heard in open session.

After committee member David Young asked fellow members Jim Bell, John Rodgers and Sharon Fontaine to recuse themselves from the meeting because as district employees they’re under supervision from Bacon and Miller, the remaining members voted 5 to 4 not to hear the complaints. Dupere added the committee could be fined if the three stayed, should the State Ethics Commission determine a conflict of interest.
Additionally, the attorneys asserted committee Chairwoman Patricia Shearer solicited complaints about Bacon and Miller, “looking for specific wrongdoings,” Long said.
Shearer disagreed.
“When I was approached by some staff members who had concerns about things that were happening at Pioneer, I said ‘We want to hear them,’” Shearer replied, saying she hoped Thursday’s meeting would “start some healing. ... My ears were open to anything staff had to say. I think that people did not understand I was not requesting.”
Other members, like Sue O’Reilly-McRae, emphasized their belief in the importance of hearing public concerns, saying it “feels like a complete failure in our duty as a public body” to bypass them.
Still others hoped to move away from criticism.

“We’re using so much energy on complaints and negativity that the students have had to have lost out,” said committee member Jeanne Milton.