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Menino says he wants to bring back neighborhood schools

By adamg on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 9:53pm

Mayor's state of the city address, calls for revamping of Madison Park High School, an all new school-assignment policy at the elementary level, 100 new crime watches, a gambling advisory board and a citywide program to lose 1 million pounds of fat.

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Tom Menino
Boston Public Schools


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By BH on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 2:41am.

...and this city continues to pay for the biggest failure its history.

Should be very little need for buses in this city yet they eat so much of the budget.

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By Sock_Puppet on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 4:56am.

Mayor Menino also discussed the building of school communities, pledging that one year from now, Boston will have a radically different school assignment process – one that puts priority on assigning children to schools that are closer to their homes. Mayor Menino has directed Superintendent Carol R. Johnson to appoint a citywide group of dedicated people to design the plan while engaging the entire community in the transition.

“Pick any street in our city. A dozen children probably attend a dozen different schools. Parents might not know each other; children might not play together. They can’t carpool, or study for the same tests,” Mayor Menino said. “We won’t have the schools our kids deserve until we build school communities that serve them well.”

Now, don't expect they'll be asking you to be one of the "dedicated people." When they want to hear from a white privileged woman, they'll let you know.

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By Iresd on Wed, 01/18/2012 - 10:45am.

But I am *incredibly* excited by the neighborhood schools announcement.

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