Boston Public Schools today announced a new service this fall that will let middle-school and high-school students get a morning wake-up call - voiced by Big Papi.
The idea is to encourage kids to get to school on time, and uses a services BPS already employs to send out bulk voice messages to homes. Parents will be able to opt in to the wake-up service through their children's schools.
In a statement, Mayor Walsh said:
It is our hope that by offering fun, outside-the-box tools such as this, we will reduce chronic absenteeism in our schools in a way that is enjoyable for our students. I want to thank Big Papi and the Boston Red Sox for supporting this effort - we are fortunate to have a community of partners that are passionate and committed to seeing our students succeed.
The program is an extension of a pilot wake-up program at the Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers, where 24 students who had problems getting to school on time last year got morning wake-up calls.
And the calls are part of a broader initiative to curb tardiness and absenteeism. Burke and English High Schools now have a program that pairs chronically absent students with mentors who try to get them to go to class. BPS is starting to roll out a similar program as early as kindergarten,
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That's nice of Papi
By Will LaTulippe
Mon, 08/01/2016 - 9:55am
But did the mayor of Boston actually say with a straight face that kids who hate school will show up for seven hours because of a ten second phone call from a celebrity?
No, he didn't
By adamg
Mon, 08/01/2016 - 12:31pm
Give the man some credit.
Well, how else would you parse this?
By Will LaTulippe
Mon, 08/01/2016 - 2:38pm
In a statement, Mayor Walsh said:
It is our hope that by offering fun, outside-the-box tools such as this, we will reduce chronic absenteeism in our schools in a way that is enjoyable for our students.
Cheech & Chong Wake Up Call
By anon
Mon, 08/01/2016 - 11:30am
Sister Mary Elephant routine at about 3:25, when she is reading poetry to the class.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa3HXdqNWIM
The next BPS service will be
By anon
Mon, 08/01/2016 - 1:10pm
The next BPS service will be to send the mentors to the homes to dress the students and then give them piggyback rides to school.
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