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BCLA students lay out Build BPS broken promises.
Student Camily Landestoy says, "They took basically everything off their list, and said they're moving us into what's now a middle school that does not fit the students or the teachers."
BCLA students protest broken promises on McCormack merger
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“Why, when POC ask for the bare minimum, we are pushed to the side and ignored? Institutionalized racism, that is why.”
Junior and seniors at the EMK High School are now in the former Endicott Elementary School. This space doesn't have enough classrooms, a science laboratory, a gym, an auditorium, a special education or nurse’s office, a space for the psychologist, social worker, family liaison or other non-teaching staff, and is missing other things necessary to properly serve high school students.
Says Head of School Dr. Caren Walker Gregory, "I recognize that EMK is not an exam school that services predominantly White and Asian students, but we are a college preparatory high school successfully preparing Black and Brown students for the Health professions."
Another building “emergency,” this one at the EMK
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The health careers high school, with more than 90 percent Black and Brown students, protests placement in an under-sized elementary…The Boston Teacher's Union is having a Back to School Fair Sept 23, 24,25 where they'll give away thousands of books. Info about volunteering to help and registering for event below.
Back to School Fair | Boston Teachers Union
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Our Eighth Annual BTU Back to School Fair for BPS families will take place on Sept. 23 through 25 at the Boston Teachers Union, 180 Mount Vernon Street, Dorchester! Make sure to pre-register in…"Show Me the Money" series of conversations being put on by BEJA (Boston Education Justice Alliance) in Sept/Oct/Dec. Focus on who makes budget decisions, what is weighted student funding, and how you can affect the process.
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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