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School Committee is accepting applications for four expiring seats. Deadlines are Nov 5th for two of the seats and Nov 24th for the two others. Link to application below.
Thanks Schoolyard News for this summary of the simulation recently done by BPS re exam school admissions.
Exam school admissions: New simulation shows schools reflecting Boston better
schoolyardnews.com
Fight looms over 10 extra points for high-poverty schools: Does that provide a “level playing field” or “zero chance” for some?If any of us thought it was going to be a quiet winter... we were wrong! School assignment rears its head, again.
www.bostonglobe.com
Cassellius acknowledged she was wading into a potential minefield: “I am forming this group because I believe it will take political will and public support to make these necessary changes.”History repeats itself again and again!
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
schoolyardnews.com
“Why, when POC ask for the bare minimum, we are pushed to the side and ignored? Institutionalized racism, that is why.”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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