A new poll shows almost half of Boston Public School parents are skeptical about the high school options available for their children, two months after the state education commissioner knocked the district for falling behind state-mandated improvement targets. The survey by MassINC Polling Group showed only 55% of BPS parents said they were satisfied with the high schools available to their kids….
The public district narrowly avoided Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley declaring the district"underperforming" last year, and with the new school year approaching, parents polled by MassINC in July and August seemed to remain skepticalA new poll shows almost half of Boston Public School parents are skeptical about the high school options available for their children, two months after the state education commissioner knocked the district for falling behind...
MassINC also found that only 52% of parents say their child's school offers enough extracurriculars like art and music, 45% think there are enough afterschool sports, and 58% of high school parents say their child's school offered enough advanced placement classes. In the agreement, signed by Riley, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and others, the district pledged to make improvements in student safety, special education, transportation, facilities conditions, English learner supports, the lowest-performing schools, data collection and reporting, and accountability. The plan also steered $10 million from the state to BPS to support the work.
After that June meeting, the district hired Kay Seale as the chief of specialized services to expand inclusion and special education support services in BPS -- a position that Riley said the schools were overdue on filling.
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