Parents near Boston are becoming increasingly frustrated with the local teachers union, which has been on strike for nearly two weeks, keeping kids out of classrooms.
Public school teachers in Newton, just west of Boston, have been on an illegal strike for 1o days as of Thursday. The union, the Newton Teachers Association, is under the National Education Association.
Massachusetts law prohibits public school teachers to strike, and the union has already racked up at least $525,000 in fines.
At least two families with children in Newton schools have filed two lawsuits over the strike.
One couple who sued said their daughter has a learning disability and is suffering emotional distress from being out of the classroom.
The other lawsuit was filed by a mother who says her 10th-grader is facing some setbacks this year and that missing regular assistance in reading, writing, and math could…
