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Mass Advocates for Children put out this resources list, particularly helpful regarding questions about Special Ed, English Language Learners, food access, how to talk to your kids about Covid, and more.
Resources: Coronavirus (COVID-19) — Massachusetts Advocates for Children
www.massadvocates.org
In response to the public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts, Massachusetts Advocates for Children (MAC) announces that as of March 16, 2020 our staff will be work...School Committee budget hearing and meeting will be virtual tomorrow night using Zoom starting at 5 p.m.
bostonpublicschools.zoom.us/j/729676531.
Meeting ID: 729 676 531
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To sign up to testify at the budget hearing, email esullivan3@bostonpublicschools.org prior to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25. Include your name, role/affiliation (e.g. student, parent, teacher, partner, etc. and school) and the topic.
All FY21 budget documents are available for review at www.bostonpublicschools.org/budget.
Via Universal Hub:
"The Roxbuty YMCA has food, so much food. EVERYTHING must go before noon today (Friday), can’t keep it over the weekend. Send everyone, take, share, pass out, disperse, donate, give to the homeless, families, kids, whatevs, come on over."
Roxbury YMCA, 285 MLK JR BLVD
Advocacy for Quality, Equity, and Transparency Within the Boston Public Schools System
Update on BPS regarding COVID-19
March 29, 2020
During this public health crisis, we hope people are finding the resources they need to be safe and healthy. Resources, from the Boston Public Schools, including breakfast and lunch meal sites, can be found here.
As we adjust to new circumstances, we believe we also must keep our eyes open regarding a number of policy initiatives at the state and city level. We also must ask how parents will continue to be heard with limited access to meetings and truncated time tables.
Here is a set of articles that highlight the issues we should stay attentive to:
- * “No DESE Intervention Without Parent Input,” in the Baystate Banner
- * "The problems cited in DESE's report on BPS are present in suburbs too. They're just easier to hide," School Yard News
- * “Parent Urge State to Cancel MCAS Testing,” Boston Globe
- * “Common Good Platform,” by the Boston Teachers Union
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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