The state board of education in Massachusetts, dominated by “reformers” is itching to take control of the Boston public school district. State takeovers have consistently failed. Failure never deters “reformers.”
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Dear families, students, educators and community partners,
[Español aqui. Todos están invitados a unirnos para el foro comunitario y la protesta en DESE]
The Receivership issue is heating up again. Yesterday, Commissioner Riley recommended that the Board vote to declare BPS an “underperforming district.” See the BTU bulletin here for more information. You are invited to join us for two events:
1) We are holding an EMERGENCY Town Hall this Sunday, June 26 from 7:00pm to 8:00pm to discuss what Commissioner Riley’s new proposal to declare BPS “underperforming” is and what would happen to BPS if the Board votes to do so. This will be a public town hall, and we encourage you to invite fellow families and students. Sign up now.
2) This Tuesday, June 28th, we will gather at 8 am outside the DESE headquarters (75 Pleasant St. in Malden) to rally against state takeover and for a BTU contract now. At 8:30am we’ll enter the meeting to watch public testimonies when the board meeting begins at 9am. RSVP at bit.ly/Rally628. There’s garage parking right next to Malden, easy Orange Line access, or if you’d like to take the bus with us from the BTU, email Daphne (dsoto@btu.org) to reserve your seat.
In solidarity,
Ari + the BTU
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The goal of the Destory Public Education Crime Syndicate is not to educate children, it’s to make money, increase profits, grow wealth, and program young minds to be blindly obedient drones to the greedy, power hungry fascists.
So they grow up to pretend they are happy in the dystopian nightmare of a country the fascists are tearing apart… or else!
It will not surprise me if the MAGA fascists in control of most of the Republican Party end up passing laws that make it illegal to be unhappy and complain, as felonies with long prison sentences in brutal re-education camps that program inmates to be happy working long hours for poverty wages so the glorious oligarchs continue to increase their wealth and power.
The summer is here, and lots of exhausted teachers are out of town trying to recover from the demands of the last school year. It is the perfect opportunity to steal the Boston Public Schools, and let’s hope nobody notices.
I work for BPS. School doesn’t finish until Monday. This meeting will be very well attended.
Good. I hope both teachers and parents show up in large numbers.
There’s about as much support from the community for receivership as for overturning Roe v Wade. Even Paul Reville, who wrote the law enabling state takeovers, is on record as opposed.
That doesn’t mean they won’t do it, of course.