Op-Ed: On Ohrenberger School Choice Meeting and Student Assignment Reform
West Roxbury parents discussed diversity, neighborhood schools and what would be best for the city.
On Wednesday, 27 June, I went to the BPS meeting at the Ohrenberger School regarding School Choice. It was impressive. First, Lisa Gonsalves, who performed the analysis of all the data collected so far, gave the highlights of her findings from both through the on-line surveys and public meetings. I had hoped to ask questions then about the report, but after her presentation, she left. After that, others reported on the data-collection process, reviewing what had happened at previous similar meetings, and we were given an overview of what some other school systems, such as San Francisco and Seattle, have done in similar situations. Then we broke into small groups for discussion. One thing that struck me was that, though this was billed as…
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