New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart demoralized teachers and school staff when she used her annual State of the City speech last week to publicly condemn the city’s education system, teachers union President Sal Escobales said Thursday.
Escobales acknowledged it’s valuable to discuss improving student performance, but said “That’s not an argument to be danced on some social media circus.”
Stewart’s comments have stirred long and angry back-and-forth postings on several Facebook threads since her speech last week, many with political overtones.
Looking ahead to the spring’s budget deliberations, Democrat aldermen are stepping up their campaign for more education spending.