We are fighting for the schools we deserve. We believe in our education, our schools, and our communities and are raising awareness about the unfair proposal to close our schools without any plan or process. Instead of closing our schools, we should be fully funding and investing in them.
Why is this important?
We are West Roxbury Student Government leaders and are asking that the School Committee, Mayor, and City Councilors amend the budget so that NO SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED!
Here is why:
-There is no public plan in place for how the buildings and schools will be used in the future
-There was was no community process to identify the schools
-Parents and students were not notified in a timely way
-Parents who don’t speak English were given even less notice
-Seats for selective application schools may already be filled or unavailable
-Many of the students have already been displaced more than once
-Students are not being given options that are equal or better than their current schools
-The schools identified are not the poorest performing schools in the district
-Perkins Pathways Program students will have no way to complete their programs
-There is an ongoing investigation at the Office of Civil Rights regarding the discriminatory impact of school closings in 2010
-The savings is only $2.2 million in a $50 million deficit--the harm greatly outweighs the savings
-This does not just impact the schools being closed, it will have a ripple effect of instability across the district
Until there is a thoughtful, community-driven plan for all of the schools and buildings in the district, including a comprehensive facilities master plan, no schools should be closed.
