The Boston Metropolis Council unanimously accredited a house rule petition that might hike incapacity pension advantages for a former metropolis schoolteacher who was pummeled by a 16-year-old scholar in a 2021 assault that left her with traumatic mind harm.
The Council voted, 13-0, Wednesday in favor of laws that might permit former Henderson Inclusion College Principal Patricia Lampron to obtain a incapacity pension equal to 100% of the common annual fee of what her common compensation would have been simply earlier than her retirement allowance grew to become efficient in March 2023, had she not been injured in November 2021.
“I’m filing this home rule petition … to help Tricia Lampron receive the retirement pension that she deserves,” Councilor John FitzGerald stated on the assembly. “On Nov. 3, 2021, while in her capacity as principal, Tricia was seriously injured in a violent attack by a student. She was punched in the head and face repeatedly with a closed fist. She was completely knocked out for at least four minutes.”
Lampron was 61 on the time of the assault. FitzGerald stated the beating left her with traumatic mind harm that has affected her speech, mobility, and cognition, together with post-traumatic stress dysfunction, and made it inconceivable for her to return to work.
FitzGerald, who represents Dorchester, the place the Henderson College is situated, stated Lampron acquired employees’ compensation from the date of the harm by means of Nov. 3, 2024, however these advantages solely coated 60% of her wage.
Lampron was left having to make use of sick time to cowl the remaining 40%, which the councilor stated has “impacted her pension and annuity fund considerably.”
The petition, co-sponsored by Councilors Erin Murphy and Ed Flynn, must be signed by the mayor and accredited by state lawmakers to take impact.
Murphy, a former Boston schoolteacher who labored with Lampron, stated the laws is “long overdue.”
The elevated pension funds, together with compensation for Lampron’s medical payments incurred on account of her on-the-job harm, can be borne by metropolis taxpayers by means of the Boston Retirement Board.
FitzGerald stated the governor signed an analogous invoice into legislation final 12 months to hike incapacity pension funds to 100% of standard compensation for first responders injured within the line of responsibility. That pay decreases to 80% once they attain retirement age.
The scholar, Laurette LeRouge, of Mattapan, was convicted final 12 months on assault and battery on an individual over the age of 60.
