Middletown schools hire law firm to investigate allegations of harassment and intimidation by administrators - Hartford Courant

Thompson Hine, a law firm with offices across the country, has been retained to investigate recent allegations of improper conduct by school administrators.

The investigation will center on allegations submitted to the Middletown Board of Education via email on Oct. 14 and related allegations made following a common council meeting, Cain wrote in an email.

“Numerous past and present members have come to us with serious concerns about repeated harassment, intimidation and retaliation by members of Central Office Senior Management,” Ann Gregg, president of the local managers union, said while addressing the council on Oct. 14.

“Our members no longer feel safe expressing these concerns through channels provided by the Board of Education and City of Middletown,” Gregg said, reading a letter signed by the leaders of UPSEU Local 6457, AFSCME Local 466, the Middletown teachers and paraeducators unions.

The announcement of the investigation Monday comes after a joint statement released Oct. 15 from Middletown Mayor Ben Florsheim, majority leader Eugene Nocera and minority leader Philip Pessina in which they urged the school board “to take immediate steps to ensure such an investigation is initiated, and anticipate full cooperation by all parties involved …”

“The allegations received about conduct at the Middletown public schools is deeply upsetting and totally inconsistent with Middletown’s values — as a city and as a school system. They warrant a full, fair and independent investigation as to their veracity,” the statement said.

Details regarding how the investigation will be conducted, and how to submit information to the law firm, will be released in the coming days, Cain wrote. The investigation team will be led by Glianny Fagundo and Jason Carruthers, labor and employment attorneys, she wrote.

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