State releases list of Boston schools that aren't cutting it

By adamg on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 12:14pm

Channel 4 reports on schools in Boston and other communities that are officially "underperforming." Boston elementary schools on the list are: Agassiz, Blackstone, Dearborn, Greenwood, John F. Kennedy, Holland, Orchard Gardens, Dever and Trotter. Also listed: Harbor School and Burke and English high schools.

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boston schools?

By bostnkid
Thu, 03/04/2010 - 12:31pm

i grew up in boston, went to school in boston and i can only recognize 2 of the schools on the list. they lost me when they broke everything down a few years ago. does any one know if any of these schools are in allston-brighton?

None are in Allston or Brighton

By HarryMattison
Thu, 03/04/2010 - 1:18pm

BPS list of all schools
Likely Level 4 School list from WBZ

bostnkid...

By eeka
Thu, 03/04/2010 - 11:11pm

http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/

eeka

By bostnkid
Fri, 03/05/2010 - 7:59am

F U

why do you feel as though you have to chime in on everything here? you are an annoying twit. you should be glad i said twit.

the reason i was asking is because they changed all the names of the schools a few years ago and other than english and j. burke i didnt recognize any of the names. but you probably already knew that because you seem to know everything.

eeka

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Fri, 03/05/2010 - 8:13am

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OK, class

By adamg
Fri, 03/05/2010 - 8:42am

Care to take it outside?

Oh, that was pretty awesome

By eeka
Fri, 03/05/2010 - 6:38pm

I garnered incoherent replies from both punctuationless village idiots. WIN.

eeka

By bostnkid
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 8:18am

maybe im an idiot. i just get on here to hear some news from a different perspective. problem is that i always have to hear your perspective. maybe when you have something important to say you should say it. when you just want to call somebody stupid you go somewhere else. i tried googling the schools but they HAVE ALL CHANGED THIER NAMES AND IM NOT SURE WHICH IS WHICH.

Five principals to be shuffled around

By adamg
Thu, 03/04/2010 - 1:33pm

The Herald reports Supt. Johnson will announce today that principals of five of the schools will be, not fired, but given new jobs elsewhere in the system.

Ah the Vatican shuffle.

By Sarcastic Sam
Thu, 03/04/2010 - 1:57pm

I see they've adopted the Bernie the Pimp style of human resources management.

What it's like at one of the schools

By adamg
Thu, 03/04/2010 - 4:22pm

Profile of Mairead Nolan, who moved to the Trotter a couple years ago from the Kilmer in West Roxbury (one of the city's best elementary schools, at least as judged by standardized test scores):

... When alums arrived, Nolan gathered them in the auditorium and described a school in which mess, disorder, unused resources, and broken equipment were making it hard for teachers to do their work. The projects she assigned seemed humble: match computer monitors with corresponding hard drives; clean out storage closets to see what they hold, and sort any usable resources; match library books with classroom resources; paint benches. ...

Burke

By anon
Fri, 03/05/2010 - 12:59am

I can't speak for the elementary schools but Burke High School seems to have no shortage of resources. The computer labs, for example, are brand new and very well stocked and there is a new library and community center connected to the building.