Parenting

A vote for the Curley School

adamg — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:42:22 -0500

Geeky Mama, in the middle of that pre-lottery school hunt unique to Boston parents, is impressed by the Curley School in Jamaica Plain.

Test Day in Boston

adamg — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:32:54 -0500

Today's the day when sixth graders across Boston take the ISEE, which will help determine whether they get an invitation to one of the city's three exam schools (it counts for 50% of the decision, with the rest based on their last fifth-grade marks and their first sixth-grade marks). Here, kids - and their parents - wait in line at the West Roxbury Education Complex for check in. They had to show both an acceptance letter for the test and a passport or birth certificate - nobody was going to pull a Curley today.

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Court says judge was wrong to take baby away from mother who proved incapable of caring for her first two kids

adamg — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:51:27 -0500

The Supreme Judicial Court today ruled a judge who participated in cases in which a mother had her first two children removed from her custody was wrong to order her third, newborn daughter immediately taken from her last year.

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The littlest Red Sox fan

adamg — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:33:52 -0400

They don't get much younger than this.

Cosmo at the cash register

adamg — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:05:11 -0400

Rebecca wonders why it's there after her son picks up a copy while they're in line:

... T: Okay, well what about "the sexy (stressing the word "sexy" ) ass workout?

Me: Don't say that word!! (*thinking of a good answer...coming up with nothing....* )

T: Why does a person's butt (again, stressing butt) have to be sexy?!? That's disgusting! See, I told you it's about S-E-X. ...

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Toddlers found wandering around South Boston

adamg — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:56:02 -0400

Boston Police tweet a girl, about 2, and a boy, about 3, were found wandering Crowley Rogers Way in South Boston this morning.

The best part of his day

adamg — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:24:44 -0400

Don Martelli reports:

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City looks to expand elementary schools in West Roxbury

adamg — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:17:41 -0400

Buried in a press release about "exciting new and expanded programs" for parents this fall in the Boston Public Schools is this nugget:

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Rodents, poor ventilation at Jamaica Plain school

adamg — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:22:06 -0400

Geeky Mama summarizes a state Department of Public Health report on the Agassiz elementary school, where staffers have reported headaches and respiratory issues and students have a higher-than-average rate of asthma.

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Deval Patrick wiped crumbs off her son's chin

adamg — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:25:35 -0400

Karen Sutton explains how a be-robed Governor of the Commonwealth came by to help her son clean up at the State House yesterday.

Earlier:
Sometimes the third graders are a bit more combative.