A Rally Today for Concord Teachers

A manhunt may not be the only excitement in town today. 

A large rally is planned for 4:30 p.m. this afternoon at the flagbople in Monument Square, following which the crowd plans to move over to the Concord School Committee's meeting this evening at Willard School, according to parents with ties to the Concord Public Schools. 

Police Chief Barry Neal confirmed to Patch that a peaceful rally is planned for this afternoon. 

This makes the second rally in the past few weeks as unrest around the schools continues to simmer.  

On April 30, parents and teachers gathered outside the Ripley Administration Building to back Merrie Najimy, the Concord Teachers Association president and third-grade teacher at Thoreau School who has allegedly been told her principal will not be recommending her rehire next year.

Following that rally, Superintendent of Schools Diana Rigby spoke with parents and teachers in the hallway outside a meeting of the Climate Committee, which formed to address the climate in the schools.