Parent Imperfect says farewell to Principal Margarita Muniz and Assistant Principal Ken Larson, both of whom died this week:
At some point last night, Margarita joined Ken, probably to tell him to talk to parents about the problem of late school bus arrivals, or something else.
Allie Loftis was last seen getting off a Peter Pan bus at the Port Authority late on Nov. 4.
CommonHealth alerts us to a Children's Hospital study that found kids infected with MRSA seemed to be especially at risk to death by flu. In some areas, up to 9% of kids now have the antibiotic-resistant bacteria living in their noses; such kids had an eightfold risk of severe and sometimes fatal H1N1 flu infections. And this, they say, is why kids need to get flu shots.
Parent Imperfect reports on the re-opening of the newly remodeled Hennigan School library - in a sea of red, participants were asked to wear Target's primary color - that included not just a spiffy new library but 40 pounds of food for each family:
Discovery reports on a Harvard School of Public Health study of Boston teens that found a link between soda intake and violence - although left unanswered is the question of whether the sugar makes them more violent or whether the violent consume more soda:
Unhappy BCLA student.
BPS officials tonight offered a different take on a proposed reorganization that would shift schools around town, add 700 more seats to high-performance high schools and create two new "innovative" schools: It will help BPS better compete in a marketplace in which parents have a choice.
School Superintendent Carol Johnson said eight new non-BPS charter schools are expected to open in Boston next fall, at a time when half the school-age kids in Roxbury already go to non-BPS schools.
Channel 4 reports police are investigating how a 2-year-old wound up in the street to be hit by the vehicle on Heath Street and suffer a broken leg last night.
Brian McGrory really should never write about sports.
He really has no clue. He attempts to wax poetically about the time when the Red Sox were lovable losers, but can't even manage a decent impression of Doris Kearns Goodwin in this regard.
But ya know what? Time for something happy:
Boston Police report the boy was found around 11 p.m. in an elevator at 225 Blue Hill Ave.
He woke up at a local hospital and was able to provide information about his mother, who was nowhere to be found, police say, adding once she does turn up, she'll be charged with child abandonment and child endangerment.
Parent Imperfect is a Roslindale father of two kids in the BPS system - Boston Latin and the Hennigan - yes, the school that delayed opening for two days because of that pesky PCB problem:
Boston Police report the arrest of a mother for leaving her baby in a locked car, just one day after a 17-month-old was found dead, abandoned in the back of a day-care van.
LoJack reports MBTA Transit Police used the human version of its tracking system to find an East Boston teen with a predilection for wandering away from home and school to ride the rails underneath Boston.
The company says yesterday's safe return marks the first successful use of its SafetyNet Service since it was introduced in Boston in January:
Boston Police report a two-year-old spent at least an hour in an unattended Trans Pro van outside 25 Trotter Ct. in Roxbury this morning when the van's driver simply locked up and left.
The Globe reports doctors at Boston Medical Center are seeing an increased number of young children suffering from malnourishment:
Many families are unable to afford enough healthy food to feed their children, say the Boston Medical Center doctors. The resulting chronic hunger threatens to leave scores of infants and toddlers with lasting learning and developmental problems.
Jeremy Marin asks:
Looking to rent an elevator for 2 hours for son's 4th bday in a few weeks. Ideas/leads?
Suggestions?
He adds:
The kid loves elevators. Who am I to argue? It'd be a fun surprise w/family greeting him & cupcakes.
The Globe reports a Boston Public Schools plan would relocate the exam school to what is now a defunct Hyde Park High School and use the BLA building to move the Boston Arts Academy out of its shared quarters with Fenway High School. Also, the Eliot School in the North End would be expanded.
Liz Dolin recounts her time at the JP Licks in West Roxbury last night with the 3-year-old kid of some woman she'd never met. She reports both had a grand time.
It would have been all too easy for J's mom to admonish her child to not bother the solitary woman eating her ice cream that evening. Instead, she encouraged her child to interact with a stranger, albeit under her watchful eye.
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