Menino: New System To Provide 'Quality Schools Closer to Home'
The mayor will file statewide legislation that could eliminate the cap on in-district charter schools.
The following was submitted Jan. 9 by the City of Boston on behalf of Mayor Thomas Menino. All across our city this month, parents are choosing the schools where they would like to send their children to kindergarten. The Boston Public Schools are better than ever—but our school assignment process is 25 years old. Under the current system, we ask prospective families to visit as many as 30 schools—some of which may be across the street, others miles from home—and then wait and hope they’ll get what they wanted. Our school choice process can be confusing, unpredictable and unnecessarily complicated. We can do better. Rather than building strong communities, today’s system begins by splitting up communities, sending students from one street …
electtomdooley
4:17 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013
Busing was a bad idea in 1970, resulting in an exodus of our middle class from Boston, and it is nothing short of stupid to perpetuate this insanity. In terms of cost, we've spent $4 BILLION in 2013 dollars on busing, resulting in the destruction of our neighborhood societies. Tom was a City Councilor 25 years ago and has always been aware of these facts, the consequences of social engineering. … more ›