Belmont Education Association

09/21/2026

🤝 Building Union Power Across Our Region
Great conversations at the MTA All Presidents Meeting with our BCLAWS educators from Belmont, Cambridge, Lexington, Arlington, Watertown & Somerville.
Now let’s keep the conversation going! ✊
📅 Monday, September 28
🕔 5:00 PM
📍 Comellas, Belmont
Come connect, share ideas, and build regional solidarity around the issues that matter to working people and our schools.
Stronger together. 🤝

08/12/2026

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/12/newsletters/beacon-hill-labor-frustration-lander-brownsberger-the-scrum/

Some labor leaders backing Daniel Lander in his challenge of state Senator William Brownsberger say the race is about more than one Senate seat.

07/24/2026

🚪📚 Educators talking with educators. BEA members spent two evenings this week talking with fellow MTA members from Lexington, Waltham, and Wellesley who live in Belmont about why we’re supporting Daniel Lander for State Senate: because public education, unions, and a more just Commonwealth matter.
Every conversation builds educator power.
💙 Join us for our next canvass on Thursday, July 30!

06/16/2026

Kudos to BEA Members Jen, Joyce, and Nicole!
Thank you to Jen, Joyce, and Nicole for speaking at tonight’s Belmont School Committee meeting and bringing attention to the unhealthy teaching and learning conditions caused by excessive heat in our schools.
Educators and students deserve safe, healthy learning environments. The ongoing failure of the Belmont Public Schools administration and the Belmont School Committee to adequately address these conditions—or to meaningfully collaborate with educators on solutions—is deeply concerning.
When classrooms become excessively hot, it impacts student learning, educator effectiveness, and the health and safety of everyone in our buildings. We appreciate Jen and Joyce for using their voices to advocate for the conditions our students and educators need and deserve.
Solidarity means speaking up when conditions are not acceptable. Thank you for your leadership and advocacy.

06/15/2026

Last week’s heat and humidity created challenging learning conditions for students and educators. While the superintendent’s offices remained comfortable, classrooms across our schools became increasingly difficult environments for teaching, learning, and focusing.
This is about more than comfort. Excessive heat impacts student learning, staff working conditions, and the health and well-being of everyone in our schools.
Our students and educators deserve safe, healthy learning environments. It’s time for the Belmont School Committee to work together on real solutions.

06/06/2026

6/5/26 - Burbank was 81.3 degrees at 8am, and 88.2 at 3pm. We still have 2 weeks left. The BSC needs to step in and take more measures to provide a healthy learning and working environment.

05/20/2026

School temperatures are hitting 84°+. Here are temps as of 10:45 this morning at Burbank despite the BSC’s comment that we have cooling systems in place. Students are trying to learn and educators are trying to teach in classrooms where extreme heat is impacting focus, safety, and learning conditions. What is the Belmont School Committee going to do about it?”

05/08/2026

Belmont’s student-to-teacher ratio is 15:1 — the highest among neighboring districts.
📍 Arlington: 12.2
📍 Cambridge: 9.1
📍 Lexington: 10.5
📍 Waltham: 10.3
📍 Watertown: 10.2
That says something. Our students are not getting the same level of support, and Belmont educators are being asked to do more with less every year.
We’ve tentatively agreed to a class size working group, but the Belmont School Committee refused to allow the group to publicly report its findings at a School Committee meeting. Why? What are they trying to hide?
Our students deserve better. It’s time for a fair contract that prioritizes student support, manageable class sizes, and the learning conditions every child deserves. ✊📚

05/07/2026

Adding 15 minutes to the school day = a 3.6% increase in educator work time.
But the Belmont School Committee’s salary proposal is only:
📍 2.3%
📍 2.3%
📍 2.5%
Once you factor in the longer day, that’s only about a 1.2% average annual increase in real compensation.
More time at work means more teaching, planning, responsibilities, and time away from family. In every other district, a longer school day comes with proportional compensation. Belmont educators deserve the same respect. ✊📚.

05/06/2026

For 30+ years, the Belmont School Committee has pushed an austerity narrative—saying there’s “no money” while asking educators to give more.
The result? Some of the highest student-to-teacher ratios and among the lowest per-pupil spending in the region.
Meanwhile, there’s about $1 million in salary savings this year from attrition alone—and we’re less than $500K apart across all four units.
The resources are there. It’s time to settle a fair contract for Belmont educators and invest in our students. ✊📚