0 Autism Programs at the Irving Middle School - Letter to John Verre

Dr Carol Johnson is the Superintendent of BPS. In early 2009, during a meeting at the Roslindale Community Center with families from Roslindale and the BPS West Zone because families were demanding a K-8 school in Roslindale, Dr. Johnson promised resources and improvements at the Irving Middle School to help create a "feeder pattern" aka K-8 experience for the 7 Roslindale schools. When asked at the meeting, by me, whether our PDD/Autism, LD and other specialty strands and programs which some of our elementary schools had would also be part of this Pathway, Dr. Johnson promised they would add the programs needed, specifically an Autism/PDD strand...

0 Final Thoughts on the Quality Choice Plan

For parts 1 - 5 of this series regarding the Quality Choice Plan, please go to October 2012. Is the Quality Choice Plan offered by Councilor John Connolly et al really the answer to Boston Public Schools' assignment and quality issues?  I began this series not only to answer the above question for myself, but also to review the Quality Choice plan in a comprehensive way in the hope of answering the questions I and others were asking regarding the proposal. Please read the earlier articles to see the complete list of questions and concerns I raised, plus some answers from John Connolly's office. Let me state again:...

0 The Quality Choice Plan: Some Answers to Questions Asked

For parts 1, 2, 3 & 4 of this series regarding the Quality Choice Plan, please go to October 2012. Yesterday, during the Roslindale Day Parade, John Connolly asked if I had received the answers about the Quality Choice plan yet. At that time I was unaware that his assistant, Ann Walsh, had just emailed them to me. I finally saw the email this morning and am including it here, with permission, for everyone to review. First, I would like to thank John, Matt, et al, and of course Ann, for responding. My thoughts regarding certain responses will be indicated by KKM: as just in reviewing it I had further thoughts and questions. Hi...

0 The Quality Choice Plan Analysis & Questions Part 4

For parts 1, 2 & 3 of this series, please go to October 2012. Please note that I have sent the questions I am outlining in these articles to all six of the politicians who proposed the Quality Choice plan. To date (email sent on Monday, October 8, 2012; today is Thursday, October 11, 2012) I have received no response to these questions. Is the Quality Choice Plan offered by Councilor John Connolly et al really the answer to Boston Public Schools assignment issues? This is part 4 of my in-depth analysis with questions about the proposal. In section three of this plan, "Providing Quality Supports for Schools Serving Large...

0 The Quality Choice Plan Analysis & Questions Part 3

For parts 1 & 2 of this series, please go to October 2012. Please note that I have sent the questions I am outlining in these articles to all six of the politicians who proposed the Quality Choice plan. To date (email sent on Monday, October 8, 2012; today is Thursday, October 11, 2012) I have received no response to these questions. Is the Quality Choice Plan offered by Councilor John Connolly et al really the answer to Boston Public Schools assignment issues? This is part 3 of my in-depth analysis with questions about the proposal. In section two, "Establishing a Quality Baseline for BPS", the QC plan states the following: Given...

0 The Quality Choice Plan Analysis & Questions Part 2

For the first part of this series, please please go to October 2012. Please note that I have sent the questions I am outlining in these articles to all six of the politicians who proposed the Quality Choice plan. To date (email sent on Monday, October 8, 2012; today is Thursday, October 11, 2012) I have received no response to these questions.  Many families think the Quality Choice Plan offered by Councilor John Connolly et al is the answer to Boston Public Schools assignment issues, but is it really? This is a continuation of my in-depth analysis and questions about the proposal. Throughout the Quality Choice plan, there are...