Editorial: Boosting Benefits for Principal Assaulted by Student a Must

Editorial: Boosting benefits for principal assaulted by student a must

Boston failed Henderson Inclusion School Principal Patricia Lampron with its weak school safety policies, and she paid the price during a 2021 attack by a student. The Boston City Council stepped up on Wednesday, approved a home rule petition that would hike disability pension benefits for the former educator. Lampron, 61 when she was beaten by a student at the Dorchester school, was left with traumatic brain injury that affects her speech, mobi…

Council to seek pension help for Henderson principal beaten to the ground by a student in 2021

Reporter StaffThe Boston City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a request to the state legislature to increase Patricia Lampron's retirement benefits to cover the 40% of her salary she lost after suffering a traumatic brain injury at the hands of a 16-year-old student at the Henderson K-12 Inclusion School in Dorchester, who punched her repeatedly in the head and face until she fell to ground unconscious in November, 2021. City Councillo…

Council to seek added pension payments for Dorchester principal beaten to the ground by a student in 2021

The Boston City Council today unanimously approved a request to the state legislature to increase Patricia Lampron's retirement benefits to cover the 40% of her salary she lost after suffering a traumatic brain injury at the hands of a 16-year-old student at the Henderson K-12 Inclusion School in Dorchester, who punched her repeatedly in the head and face until she fell to ground unconscious in 2021. City Councilor John FitzGerald (Dorchester) s…