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We were there @MayorWu. We hope you'll keep your promise to talk to us and other stakeholders about BPS facilities and other issues important to families and students.

Our open letter to @BostonSchools @HealthyBoston, @MayorWu @wutrain, @CityOfBoston & her administration Regarding COVID Safety in Boston Public Schools: tinyurl.com/FamCOSaOpenLet… #bospoli #COVID19 #BPSSafety @MassCOSH @SSYPBoston @BostonEdJustice @BostonClimate @MassAdvocates

5. We hope the restoration of an elected School Committee, with direct accountability to the voters — not to the mayor — will make it possible to recruit, hire, and support an effective education leader for Boston.

4. The threat of receivership or some other form of state control of the Boston Public Schools made the potentially exciting job of leading BPS a toxic career risk.

BuildBPS Stakeholders Coalition: Mayoral control and state sabotage broke the superintendent search by Schoolyard News schoolyardnews.com/buildbps-stake…

"With the recent vote to return to an elected school committee, Boston is seeking to restore voting rights and strengthen critical school, community, and parent partnerships," says Harneen Chernow of @Quality1st4BPS #OurCityOurSchools #ResourcesNotReceivership

DESE's District Review Report was released today: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2203…

ACTION ALERT: Join us for a Silent Protest at the Board of Ed Meeting this Tues 5/24 8:30am at Wellesley HS to show them that Boston families, students, and educators are united against Receivership. Buses leaving from Boston at 7:30am. Sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Join us tomorrow to hear from City officials leading the charge for a Green New Deal for @BostonSchools & the healthy, inspiring learning environments for all our students! Register at boston.gov/gnd-bps

More low-income students gain access to Boston’s exam schools after admission policy changes bostonglobe.com/2022/05/11/met… via @BostonGlobe

Since 2010, the state has labeled 65 schools (out of more than 1,800) underperforming. Out of that entire list, only two have made it into the top 50%. Most hover around the bottom “List of Underperforming Schools.”

“Ten years ago, as a member of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, I voted for putting the Lawrence Public Schools in receivership. I was wrong.” #bospoli #bosedpoli #maedu #bpschat #OurCityOurSchools baystatebanner.com/2022/04/21/whe…

OMG this testimony from BPS parent Harneen Chernow! She was on BESE and voted for receivership in Lawrence is now saying she made the wrong decision. her humility and clarity is so refreshing while laying out the false promises vs reality of school takeovers. #OurCityOurSchools

Peter Piazza who evaluated Springfield's empowerment zone listing horrifying examples. Programs embraced by charters brought into a public district and this was reflected in the empowerment zone's inability to educate SPED students. He has a great thread about this on here too.

Mary Battenfeld from @Quality1st4BPS "Other than routing for the Sox, Bruins, Pats, Celts, it's hard to find things Bostonians agree on....voters said in a loud, clear and unified voice: WE DON'T WANT THE MAYOR TO PICK OUR SCHOOL COMMITTEE!" #bospoli 18/

The fight for an elected school committee isn't over! Please join us Tuesday 4/5 at 6:30 pm for a Zoom town hall on what you think our elected SC should look like. Register at bit.ly/ElectTheBSCTow… & add your voice! @RicardoNArroyo @juliaforboston #ElectTheBSC #bospoli

Districts the state has taken over remain in the lowest 10% of DESE’s own matrix a decade later. Boston’s growth data don’t support state intervention, nor would that intervention offer any value to BPS. #MAEdu #bospoli