Boston City Council OKs disability pension hike for BPS teacher pummeled by student

The Boston City Council unanimously approved a home rule petition that would hike disability pension benefits for a former city schoolteacher who was pummeled by a -year-old participant in a attack that left her with traumatic brain damage The Council voted - Wednesday in favor of ordinance that would allow former Henderson Inclusion School Principal Patricia Lampron to receive a disability pension equal to of the average annual rate of what her regular compensation would have been just before her retirement allowance became effective in March had she not been injured in November I m filing this home rule petition to help Tricia Lampron receive the retirement pension that she deserves Councilor John FitzGerald explained at the meeting On Nov while in her threshold as principal Tricia was seriously injured in a violent attack by a trainee She was punched in the head and face repeatedly with a closed fist She was thoroughly knocked out for at least four minutes Lampron was at the time of the attack FitzGerald disclosed the beating left her with traumatic brain injury that has affected her speech mobility and cognition along with post-traumatic stress disorder and made it impossible for her to return to work FitzGerald who represents Dorchester where the Henderson School is located stated Lampron received workers compensation from the date of the injury through Nov but those benefits only covered of her salary Lampron was left having to use sick time to cover the remaining which the councilor commented has impacted her pension and annuity fund considerably Related Articles Boston s White Stadium rehab won t be ready in time for NWSL gang s inaugural season Boston City Hall staffers charged in alleged domestic matter terminated Battenfeld Messy arrest disgrace threatens to undermine Michelle Wu Boston Mayor Wu leads legal challenge to Trump administration s plans to strip immigration protections Boston city councilors push for review of BPS drivers after bus kills -year-old boy The petition co-sponsored by Councilors Erin Murphy and Ed Flynn would have to be signed by the mayor and approved by state lawmakers to take effect Murphy a former Boston schoolteacher who worked with Lampron revealed the ordinance is long overdue The increased pension payments along with compensation for Lampron s health bills incurred as a conclusion of her on-the-job injury would be borne by city taxpayers through the Boston Retirement Board FitzGerald explained the governor signed a similar bill into law last year to hike disability pension payments to of regular compensation for first responders injured in the line of duty That pay decreases to when they reach retirement age The trainee Laurette LeRouge of Mattapan was convicted last year on assault and battery on a person over the age of