Protesting the SCAMS!
Bravo!
Bravo!
Demands of the students, former teachers, and supporters was for full funding of schools, rather than the School Committee implementing budget cuts at a budget hearing in the evening on the same day as the walk-out. The other major demand of the students and supporters was to “Keep The Cap On Charter Schools”.
BPS students spoke out against Mayor Marty Walsh granting huge corporate tax giveaways to General Electric while forcing schools to cut important curriculum and lay off faculty and staff.
Howard Rotman added 115 new photos to the album: THOUSANDS OF BPS STUDENTS STAGED WALK-OUT TO PROTEST BUDGET CUTS — with Zak Jamaand Ana De Pina.
On Monday, March 7, 2016 at 11:30am thousands of Boston Public School students staged a historic “walk-out” to a rally on the Boston Common , then a rally at MA State House, later rallying at Faneuil Hall (and beyond), protesting school budget cuts, defying Boston school officials intimidation tactics , such as robo-calling parents , urging parents to prevent students from participating in the mass action to save Boston Schools.
Demands of the students, former teachers, and supporters was for full funding of schools, rather than the School Committee implementing budget cuts at a budget hearing in the evening on the same day as the walk-out. The other major demand of the students and supporters was to “Keep The Cap On Charter Schools”.
BPS students spoke out against Mayor Marty Walsh granting huge corporate tax giveaways to General Electric while forcing schools to cut important curriculum and lay off faculty and staff.
The superintendent of BPS recently announced proposed cuts of $20 million from the central office budget and $10 million to $12 million from the per-student funding formula, affecting budgets of individual schools, in an effort to help close a shortfall of up to $50 million.
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