2 Stamford Schools Vote No Confidence In Superintendents: Report

STAMFORD, CT — Around 82 percent of tenured faculty members at the Academy of Information Technology & Engineering have issued a vote of no confidence against two Stamford schools officials — becoming the second school to do this month, the Stamford Advocate reported.

According to the newspaper, 42 of 51 AITE faculty members voted no confidence in Superintendent Tamu Lucero and Associate Superintendent Amy Beldotti in a vote taken Monday and Tuesday.

In a letter shared in a public Facebook group, AITE faculty outlined reasons for their decision: Among them, faculty said, the superintendents have ignored requests to maintain the school's A/B block schedule.

"By ignoring the carefully considered and clearly articulated recommendations of the vast majority of AITE teachers, parents, students, and the Board of Education, Lucero and Beldotti have put AITE on a course that is not in the best educational interests of its students," faculty members wrote in their letter.

AITE's move comes less than two weeks after 71 tenured teachers at Stamford's Westhill High School issued a no-confidence vote against Lucero and Beldotti. Teachers at that school cited many of the same reasons, the Stamford Advocate said in a separate report.

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