Lori DAmicoApril 15, 2015 at 5:30 AM
No surprise here! We all knew the same 4 members would vote to renew. The students of LPS are forced to sit in hot/cold, overcrowded, dilapidated classrooms. Many do not even have a classroom to sit in and are forced to sit in a hallway, closet or some other area. Many classrooms do not have windows, or windows that open. Some do not have essential resources and supplies, or have ones that are old and outdated. We have schools without libraries and libraries without librarians and adequate books. We have schools without gymnasiums or cafeterias. The very little time students do get to unwind is spent in a parking lot, which many of the school yards have become. How much money was spent to update Bennett St.? I wonder how city and school leaders and ADMINISTRATORS
would feel if they had to work in the same conditions as our students, with the same limited supplies and resources? Our schools are being shorted $18 million this year alone. Meanwhile, the Mayor is advocating and voting for raises not only for herself, but for other city and school leaders and administrators. The majority of the school committee, who were elected to represent the schools, including the students, also voted for these raises. Who is standing up and speaking up for the students of this district? When will they get the same representation as those receiving exorbitant salaries and raises? I think it's time the students of LPS found themselves a union!
would feel if they had to work in the same conditions as our students, with the same limited supplies and resources? Our schools are being shorted $18 million this year alone. Meanwhile, the Mayor is advocating and voting for raises not only for herself, but for other city and school leaders and administrators. The majority of the school committee, who were elected to represent the schools, including the students, also voted for these raises. Who is standing up and speaking up for the students of this district? When will they get the same representation as those receiving exorbitant salaries and raises? I think it's time the students of LPS found themselves a union!
