[act-ma] 5/22 Protest @ Boston City Council Budget Hearing to Keep Middle School Children on School Bus

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Protest @ City Council Budget Hearing
Don't Kick Middle School Students Off School Buses! Stop School Budget Cuts and
Resegregation!

Thur., May 22nd, 6 p.m.

Boston City Council Chambers

On the 60th Anniversary of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, and
the 40th anniversary of court ordered desegregation in Boston, the
School Department is implementing a student assignment process that
limits the Black and Latina/o communities' access to the best schools
and has voted a budget that removes middle school students from yellow
school buses. COME OUT AND PROTEST  THURSDAY MAY 22 at 6 PM in CITY
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, BOSTON CITY HALL at the Boston City Council's
hearing on the BPS Transportation and Student Assignment budget plans
for FY 2015.


STOP the Boston Public Schools’

ATTACK on Boston School Children !

Keep Middle School Students ON the Bus! Don’t Throw Teachers and
Workers Under the Bus!

FIGHT the Racist Student Assignment Plan –

It denies Black & Latina/o students equal access to the best schools

Protest @ City Council Budget Hearing!

Thur., May 22nd, 6 p.m.

Boston City Council Chambers

Students – Teachers – Parents - Community

Fight for Access to

 EQUAL QUALITY EDUCATION

Did You Know?:

 The School Committee voted on  Wednesday March 26 for a budget with
$107 million in cuts.
  The Boston City Council must approve it, and is holding hearings
now.
 All 7th and 8th graders and many 6th graders will be pushed off of
yellow buses onto the MBTA. Over 4500 students will be affected.
 When this was done in Baltimore, attendance and graduation rates
dropped . At risk students are being put at greater risk. It is not
safe.
 The budget cuts also eliminate nearly 250 teachers, classroom aides
and other school-based positions.
 The cuts will cause overcrowding and the elimination of needed
school programs.
 Even though Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan are the most affected,
no hearings were scheduled in those communities.
 The Achievement Gap will widen.
 Even though over 70% of the students are in Boston Public Schools,
over 40% of the funding goes to charter schools.
 ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Tell the City Council you demand NO school budget
cuts!

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