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Rafa Pollanco and Lorena Lopera appointed to the BPS School Committee. Especially exciting to have a Spanish dominant and grassroots parent activist as a member of the committee!
As Rafa said in her speech, "to my fellow parents, I'm not here to fight for you. I'm here to fight beside you, to make the changes we want."
This falls into the category of Build BPS BS:
"In 2018, the McCormack school nearly fell victim to the district’s move to close all middle schools and transform elementary schools into K-6 and K-8 grade configurations. However, after sustained protests from McCormack students and teachers, in November of 2018 district officials announced BCLA would merge with the McCormack, forming a 7-12 school in the Dorchester building. The district’s Build BPS plan, which promised $1 billion in city funds for new schools, outlined a plan to relocate McCormack students to a swing space while the McCormack building would be reconfigured to accommodate the additional grades.
This year, however, BPS officials have scrapped plans to relocate the McCormack students and apparently scaled back renovation plans. "
BCLA students meet with Cassellius, receive no guarantees - The Bay State Banner
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Angered at what they say is the Boston Public Schools’ refusal to honor a promise to provide them a new building, students from Boston Community Leadership Academy met last week with Superintendent ...
The Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance (MEJA) is bringing together education organizers and activists from across Massachusetts to reconnect, reimagine, and reclaim the education justice movement.
DATE: August 21, 2021
TIME: 9am - 2:15pm
Registration info below.
MEJA 2021 Education Justice Convening
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Join education justice organizers and advocates across Massachusetts to reconnect, reimagine, and reclaim the education justice movement! We'll have a chance to: + learn more about MEJA and recent edu...
Thanks to all the educators, organizers, activists, and task force members who pressed for a better plan. And to the School Committee who didn't stand in their way. The 100% plan passes unanimously.
And now the real work begins, addressing the needs of the other one hundred and twenty-something schools.
Advocacy for Quality, Equity, and Transparency Within the Boston Public Schools System
QUEST Parents Release Analysis of Boston Public School Fundraising
April 13, 2021
In 2018, Boston Public Schools did an audit of private fundraising in its 125 schools. The information was quietly released in school-by-school reports.
QUEST has now collated the data in easy-to-read spreadsheet, examined it for racial and socio-economic inequities, and requests further study and policies to address the disparities. We believe it’s especially critical to pay attention to this information now, as Boston examines its exam school admissions policies and schools struggle to recover from the effects of Covid-19.
Current issues QUEST is focused on:
Facilities, Resources and School Closings
Quality education requires a commitment by the school district to the efficient, sustained, and equitable use of resources.
Privatization of Education
Public education, including its physical facilities, is a public good that should be under community control.
Student Assignment
All students should have equitable access to quality school options through a transparent and accessible system of school assignment.
ABOUT QUEST
QUEST (Quality Education for Every Student) is a volunteer grassroots organization of parents with children in Boston Public Schools. Founded in 2012, the group initially came together over concerns about the inequities of proposed changes to the BPS assignment system. We continue to ask how education policies and practices can help to dismantle past oppression, increase opportunity, and provide greater access to quality education for all.
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