When U.S. Attorney in Boston Carmen Ortiz announced she was conducting a federal investigation of the Boston Public Schools and Boston Latin as requested in a letter written by the NAACP, ACLU and others Boston Public School teachers and staff should be aware that you may be in peril. As members of a group that…
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The Strange Silence of the Boston Public Schools Black Teachers and Principals.
Two black students from Boston Latin School (BLS) put out a video on Monday, January 18, 2016, complaining about the racism they say exists at BLS. One student, Meggie Noel said: “We are here today to make our voices heard, to show BLS administration and everyone that we refuse to be silenced, and we’re not…
Be Assured Chang(e) Is Coming: How Badly Will Superintendent Tommy Chang Change Boston Latin School?
I mentioned that the suspect groups, the NAACP, The American Civil Liberty Union, and others have asked for and gained a federal investigation based upon a paucity of alleged racial incidents. I stated that any fair reading of the letter which they sent asking for that investigation would give rise to the opposite conclusion from…
Boston Latin Headmaster Teta’s Big Mistake: Inviting in Trouble
Apologies to Headmaster Teta if it was not her decision that brought about this happening which would do nothing but stir up the pot. If it was made by someone else and forced upon her, her staff and students from on high, then that person should be identified. I write though as if Teta were…
The Fight to Own St. Patrick’s Day Parade: No More Shilly-Shallying or being Willy Nillies
I’m telling you if the Organizers of the St. Patrick’s day parade don’t start getting more courage their parade will turn into a parade celebrating the Wonderful Witch of the Wiccam or the Beneficent Rule of Beelzebub. Don’t they know there will always be others wanting to tell them what to do.? A group of…
The Shame of the Five Page Letter, the Federal Investigation, and the Hidden Goal
Yesterday I posted a copy of the letter which the Boston United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz is using as a basis for launching an investigation into the Boston School System (BPS). The letter dated the Friday before her decision on Wednesday March 2 compels the belief it was this letter alone that prompted the investigation….