Ohrenberger Parents Anxiously Await School Lottery, Preparing to Say Goodbye
It's not just families who feel shafted by the Boston Public Schools lottery system. A single-child family from Jamaica Plain spent years building the Ohrenberger School, and now worries if the child can get into the Advanced Work Class.
Too many highly qualified students coming from a population that is 70% free and reduced lunches and done without vast staff turnovers, yes this is a story that the Boston Globe doesn’t want you to hear. My son, our family, have been part of the Ohrenberger School community for the past 5 years, and sadly we are getting ready to say our good-byes. Six years ago we embarked on our Boston Public School odyssey. We did our homework to make informed decisions about our son’s education. We visited schools and joined listserves. We spoke to all of the West Zone K1 principals and narrowed down our choices. We didn’t care about the distance from home any school was, so long as our son was considered a person, not a data point. Based on the …
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