Transparency: The BPS Relocation Proposal In Context
by SaveMission HillSchool On October 24, Boston Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Carol R. Johnson announced a proposal to relocate Mission Hill School K-8 to the vacant Louis Agassiz School Building (LASB) in Jamaica Plain. On November 15 the Boston School Committee voted to authorize the relocation despite vocal opposition from the MHS K-8 community. The relocation...
Fenway Students Join March to Protest School Budget Cuts
by Daniel Alvaro On March 2, a crowd of Boston Public School students, including participants from three Fenway high schools, gathered at the Hyde Park Education Complex to march against the Boston School Committee budget proposal and the controversial plan to close under-performing schools in the district. The march culminated at a School Committee meeting...
Boston School Committee Votes Cuts, Closings – NECN
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Save Our Schools – Press Pass TV
Wednesday, March 23, students from throughout Boston gathered in Downtown Boston to march to the Boston School Committee meeting to protest drastic budget cuts and school closings. The youth also respond to claims that their organizing was instigated and manipulated by adults with their own self-interests. SOURCE: Press Pass TV
Boston teachers, students and parents protest school budget cuts – Wicked Local
They banged drums and blew horns, but through the cacophony of noise the message was clear — don’t cut funding to Boston public schools. Read More… SOURCE: Wicked Local
School panel OK’s $829.5m budget 250 nonteacher job cuts included by John M. Guilfoil and Response by Caroline Casey
School panel OK’s $829.5m budget 250 nonteacher job cuts included By John M. Guilfoil Globe Staff / March 24, 2011 The Boston School Committee unanimously approved an $829.5 million school budget last night that closes a projected $63 million shortfall by cutting about 250 positions and drawing from extra city and federal education funds. Tweet...
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