The Boston Public Schools (BPS) submitted its budget proposal to the School Committee Wednesday night, and it was a budget that included a $36 million increase in funding over last year in what is the second year of a $100…
Author: Seth Daniel
Council President Janey Starting Transition to Acting Mayor
Council President Kim Janey appears to be about ready to make history in becoming Acting Mayor of the city – thus also becoming the first African American mayor of Boston. Janey, who represents neighboring Roxbury and parts of the South…
JP Would Lose 16 Seats Under the New Exam School Admissions Formula
The Exam School Admissions Criteria Working Group has released the most accurate simulation of available seats per neighborhood under the new, one-year admissions policy – a simulation shows that while some neighborhoods would gain many seats, JP would lose approximately…
BPS Announces Tentative Schedule for Reopening Additional School Buildings
As Boston Public Schools (BPS) Supt. Brenda Cassellius and Boston Teachers Union (BTU) President Jessica Tang announced on Monday, Jan. 11, an update to the timeline for re-opening school buildings to students, a prominent grass-roots parent organization, that formed in…
Council debates Special Election Home Rule Petition; Moves to Committee
District 1 Councilor Lydia Edwards is now in the process of scheduling a hearing to review and discuss a Home Rule Petition that would be sent to the State Legislature requesting that a potential mayoral Special Election in June be…
Mildred Hailey redevelopment gets Phase 1 state approval
State environmental regulators (MEPA) have approved Phase 1 of the Mildred Hailey Apartments redevelopment plan, clearing one milestone as the project continues within the City’s review process. In a letter late last month from State Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides,…
New School Committee Chair Leans on Experience With Youth in New Role
Alexandra Oliver-Davila often tells the youth at Mission Hill’s Sociedad Latina be careful about what they say, because quite often it could come true. That is the case for Oliver-Davila, who – as a consultant 21 years ago – said…
English High Alums Stage Fun “Game” on Thanksgiving
The oldest high school rivalry in the United States was a victim to COVID-19 as the Boston English High and Boston Latin School football game got the kibosh on Thanksgiving Day – the first time since 1887 that it…
Jamaica Plain Students’ Enrollment Declines at Boston Public Schools
A new study by The Boston Schools Fund shows that enrollment declines have been steep citywide in the Boston Public Schools (BPS) this year – following a statewide trend of COVID-19 withdrawals – and Jamaica Plain has seen a concerning…
School Committee Apologizes for Inaction on Anti-Asian remarks, but Calls for More Tolerance
The Boston School Committee took the first hour of its meeting on Nov. 18 to apologize for remarks made by its former Chair Michael Loconto that were termed offensive to Asians, but that time of reflection also had a…