OP-EDS Bianca Blakesley OP-EDS Bianca Blakesley

State shows little regard for Boston parents

In a textbook example of gaslighting, the Jan. 25 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) board meeting showed a complete disconnect with and disregard for the impact of COVID policies on families and school communities across the state.

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IN THE NEWS, OP-EDS Bianca Blakesley IN THE NEWS, OP-EDS Bianca Blakesley

GUEST OPINION: VOTE FOR AN ELECTED BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE

Last spring, Khymani James, a Black Boston Latin Academy senior who was elected by his peers to represent their interests on the Boston School Committee, resigned from his post in disgust. Citing “racist and adultist” behavior on the part of school committee members and other school leaders, James felt his voice—along with the voices of the students he was there to represent—was being silenced.

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