Ep. 22, Last Night @ School Committee: 12/16 Meeting Recap

Last Night at School Committee Recap: 12/16 Meeting On this episode of Last Night at School Committee, Jill and Ross discuss the highlights of last night’s Boston School Committee meeting, the last meeting of 2020. As we heard updates regarding reopening 28 schools as well as financial updates and discussion about the Superintendent’s performance goals for 2020-21, public comment featured frustration, anger and a lack of confidence from different community members about reopening schools. This lack of confidence has become more present this week, as the Boston Teachers Union gave a vote of no confidence towards the Superintendent. The Superintendent reported on a variety of things, including the re-opening of 28 schools this week for about 1700 high priority students as well as recapping some important discussion points that were discussed at the School Committee’s Saturday retreat. As the reports continued, many important issues became apparent, including the fact that nearly 25% of high school students aren’t logging onto classes. The meeting ended with the School Committee discussing the performance goals for the Superintendent for 2020-21. The School Committee will not be meeting until the new year in January. You can read more about the updates and information the School Committee looked at this past week here. Resources: Presentations from 12/12 Retreat Presentations from 12/16 Meeting Remote Learning Data Update Reopening Update Boston Globe article on the BTU Vote of No Confidence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices