right, so yesterday DESE updated the "close contact requiring quarantine" guidance, and it LITERALLY (for those masked) is "3 feet in bus or classroom; six feet everywhere else" #MAEdu

But good LORD, people, we finally have money and the best we can come up with is "acceleration academies"? I mean, c'mon. What kids who are most likely to have missed things ALSO tend to not get is experiences like summer camp. Why not give them that FOR learning?

Schools are communities. They are the places we go to grow, learn, and imagine. No community should be closed down with two months notice and no formal plan for their students. BPS should be better than this. Have they learned nothing? So sorry to hear about the Jackson Mann.

Not ALL change is bad, as moving a school to a new building is good or reconfiguring grades can meet the demands of families. But this is still DISRUPTIVE. And when you add it all up, 70% is a LOT of disruption. And the harm to kids is IMMENSE.

New research finds evidence arts education increases school engagement, attendance among Boston students bostonglobe.com/2021/05/10/met… via The Boston Globe

ICYMI: BostonPublicSchools is offering some great learning programs, activities & initiatives this summer! From dance lessons, volunteering, internships and more, make sure you take advantage of this great opportunity and enroll your student today. Visit bostonpublicschools.org/summer

We think so, yes.

Lots of BPS communities to support in this time of giving. Here’s one supporting teens at Brighton High. gofundme.com/f/encourage-a-…

If you have a student in k2-2nd grade in BPS, make sure you log on by 1/31. boston.com/news/schools/2…

I’m interested in hearing from Boston Public Schools families who are supportive of closing schools Tuesday because of extreme cold and those who oppose it. Feel free to reach me by email: [email protected]. Thanks!

BPS cancelled winter sports. Prvt schools + other districts have not. In person clubs allowed. Sports essential for the phys+mental health of our students who have been vaccinated, boosted, tested + masked. Pls sign + ask BPS to reinstate winter sports. chng.it/TXmv8XXNwB

I'm interested in hearing from Massachusetts teachers about what it's like to be teaching in schools amid the surge in coronavirus cases and what steps districts and the state could be taking to help out. Feel free to reach out to me by email at [email protected]. Thanks!

Did Cassellius really just say she’s in receipt of concerns about equity and will look at them in a year???BostonPublicSchools

The tiers are a positive step to increasing access to exam schools. Granting 10 points based on attendance at an “economically disadvantaged school” is duplicative, not equitable and unfairly impacts SWD. #bospoli

BPS may have overstated graduation rate for five of last seven years bos.gl/3gXWw7g

Imaging if every serious problem that arose you formed a working group to figure out how to solve it? How many working groups does Boston Public Schools had in the last ten years? How many of them have solved the problem they were tasked with working on?

Many Boston parents cry foul over bonus points for exam school admission bostonglobe.com/2022/02/02/met… via The Boston Globe

After Globe probe, BPS member asks for new audit of city graduation rates bostonglobe.com/2022/02/03/met… via The Boston Globe

Bostonians made it clear last November on Election Day - we want an elected School Committee! Learn more about the next steps in this critical process. Spanish language Town Hall coming up Thursday, 02/10