Inane comment. That has nothing to do with the conversation. You're not contributing to the conversation but rather detracting from it. I just want the BPS to improve so I can send my kids there.
For every person who gasps that I send my kids to BPS or laments that they "wish they could have, but, you know..." I ask if which schools they visited and what principals and teachers they met.
Considering you're usually advocating closing buildings and consolidating school communities as a cost savings. That's exactly what happens when schools close.
...that the local politics are BRUTAL, and woe to those who don't understand that. Tommy Chang and Carol Johnson never truly got past the outsider status. The fact that they never moved their families here was also revealing that they never saw Boston as a long term place for them.
They wont be able to make any meaningful changes, they will be fought on every decision and when things stay the same they will either choose to leave or be shown the door.
The mayor, who seems to view BPS as a burden, will have his all-appointed school committee rubber stamp his choice, only for the new Superintendent to answer to the mayor's Chief of Education.
I sat on a school committee recently (albeit smaller district of course). We were hiring a new Supt. Extreme shortage of qualified candidates. They are in high demand and usually well paid. Most everyone who is good is happy where they are. You get those trying to step up, or who want to relocate. Most others gainfully (very gainfully) employed.
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Izquierdo seems to have the best credentials
Looking forward to learning more about all three.
Santos would seem to be making the biggest jump from 300 kids to 50K kids never mind the huge budget difference.
Yea!!!! No white males!
We reserve those jobs to Union Job Thug Enforcer for the Mayor!
#girlpower
#diversity
#newschool
Please...
... just go away.
What was the point of that?
Inane comment. That has nothing to do with the conversation. You're not contributing to the conversation but rather detracting from it. I just want the BPS to improve so I can send my kids there.
you can send them now!
Although I appreciate that its easier for me to say that living in Roslindale....
Folks need to check themselves
For every person who gasps that I send my kids to BPS or laments that they "wish they could have, but, you know..." I ask if which schools they visited and what principals and teachers they met.
You already know the answer to that question.
I visited every single elementary school in the neighborhood
Which took exactly zero time.
Odd
Considering you're usually advocating closing buildings and consolidating school communities as a cost savings. That's exactly what happens when schools close.
Slightly different
when you close ALL the schools in a single neighborhood of a certain socioeconomic group and then keep other redundant schools open.
Pick up a skill
https://www.wikihow.com/Be-Funny
That said, he's also the only
That said, he's also the only one that appears to have first hand experience with the Boston system. That has to count for something.
Does it have to count for something?
The Boston predilection for insisting that you have to be 'from here' to get stuff done as a leader is nonsense.
Perhaps shouldn't be the case, but the reality is...
...that the local politics are BRUTAL, and woe to those who don't understand that. Tommy Chang and Carol Johnson never truly got past the outsider status. The fact that they never moved their families here was also revealing that they never saw Boston as a long term place for them.
The worst job ever.
They wont be able to make any meaningful changes, they will be fought on every decision and when things stay the same they will either choose to leave or be shown the door.
That's the agenda. Status quo
That's the agenda. Status quo. Systemic failure, school to prison pipeline, continues. THE PLAN.
Disappointed so far
The closest thing to a Boston candidate already failed as a superintendent in Randolph.
The mayor, who seems to view BPS as a burden, will have his all-appointed school committee rubber stamp his choice, only for the new Superintendent to answer to the mayor's Chief of Education.
The larger pool had no better candidates?
Small Pool
I sat on a school committee recently (albeit smaller district of course). We were hiring a new Supt. Extreme shortage of qualified candidates. They are in high demand and usually well paid. Most everyone who is good is happy where they are. You get those trying to step up, or who want to relocate. Most others gainfully (very gainfully) employed.
local
It has to be a local person. This city is all about being local. Unfortunately, someone from outside will not succeed.
Isn’t Florida
A complete shit show when it comes to public education? Why are we considering someone from there?