Union Head: School Committee 'Forcing a Lawsuit'

The committee approved a resolution absolving itself of any responsibility for a $24 million shortfall in the school employee pension fund.

The Coventry teachers union has no choice but to sue the town, union President Kelly Erinakes told the School Committee Tuesday after the committee adopted a resolution absoving itself from any liability for the underfunded school employee pension system. "I don't know how you can ethically say you have no responsibility to the pension," Erinakes said before the committee adopted the resolution. "You'd be passing an untruth." The School Committee untimately voted 2-1, with two members absent, to affirm the resolution the Town Council passed last month. Chairwoman Katherine Patenaude joined member Ann Dickson in approving the measure. Committee member Judith Liner voted no. Patenaude, despite voting for the resolution, indicated her …

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