Stop the Stigma Day a huge success

The members of the Malden School Committee joined with the Malden community and Malden Public School District in supporting “Stop the Stigma Day” in Malden on March 9 by wearing commemorative ribbons at the last School Committee meeting – its first in-person meeting since the November election, due to the pandemic. Shown above, from left, are School Committee members Robert McCarthy Jr. (Ward 2), Jennifer Spadafora (Ward 3), Adam Weldai (Vice Chairperson, Ward 5), Dawn Macklin (Ward 4), Mayor Gary Christenson (Chairperson), Joseph Gray (Ward 6), Keith Bernard (Ward 7) and Sharyn Rose Zeiberg (Ward 8). (Advocate Photo/Steve Freker)