Mayor Walsh, Superintendent Chang Reject BLS Faculty Calls to Decline Recent Resignations

BOSTON – Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and school Superintendent Tommy Chang rejected calls from Boston Latin faculty to decline the resignations of the school's headmaster and assistant headmaster, WGBH reports.

BLS Headmaster Lynne Mooney Teta and Assistant Headmaster Malcolm Flynn resigned this week while federal and city probes investigate the handling of racially charged incidents at the school. Additionally, last week DigBoston published an investigation into the handling of one of the school's former special needs students.

The BLS faculty request came Thursday morning, prior to a meeting at the school with Chang and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.

BREAKING: On going meeting between @marty_walsh and BLS faculty described as "extremely" confrontational.
— Peter Kadzis (@Kadzis) June 23, 2016

BREAKING: Reports from inside the BLS faculty meeting with @marty_walsh say the Mayor has lost his temper.
— Peter Kadzis (@Kadzis) June 23, 2016

BREAKING: Now Chang is instructing BLS teachers how to act with the press as they exit their heated meeting with @marty_walsh.
— Peter Kadzis (@Kadzis) June 23, 2016

Mayor exits #bls with faculty behind him (literally) but they then abandon his presser to hold their own, defending headmaster cc @wgbhnews
— IsaiahThompson (@isaiah_thompson) June 23, 2016