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 Boston School Report Original Airdate: 9/12/1975 Length: 00:41:18 Item Type: newstape - live feed Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Press conference at Boston Schools Information Center to sum up week one of Phase II desegregation of Boston schools. Ed Baumeister introduces the Boston School Report with a summary of the day's events. Ron Brinn (Information Coordinator, Mayor's Office) introduces the participants. Peter Meade (Mayor's Office) comments on a successful opening of schools. Marion Fahey (Superintendent, Boston Public Schools) gives a report on school suspensions and comments that the atmosphere in the schools is good. William Reid (Headmaster, South Boston High School) comments on the opening week at South Boston High School. Pat Brady (Detective, Boston Police Department) reads a police report detailing arrests and injuries. Brady reports that there were no major incidents today and that extra police will continue to be deployed. Dr. Louis Perullo (Boston School Department) analyzes school attendance statistics. Perullo compares attendance statistics from the 1975-76 school year to attendance statistics from the 1974-1975 school year. Reporters ask Reid about an altercation at South Boston High School and the effect of community demonstrations on the atmosphere in the schools. Reid says that outside disturbances have a negative effect on the atmosphere inside the schools. Fahey says that she has no control over demonstrations outside of the school. Fahey reports on increased attendance at the city's magnet schools. Reporters ask Fahey and Perullo about school attendance and the possibility of a non-white majority in the Boston school population. Fahey says that she is not yet ready to predict a non-white majority. Robert Murphy (Civil Rights Division, US Justice Department) reports on the activity of federal marshals in Boston and the on-going federal investigations into violations of the federal court order. Ann Foley (administrative assistant to Fahey) announces a change in operating hours for the Boston Schools Information Center. This tape has audible time code on track 2 and visible time code burned in at the top of the picture. Contributor : Reporter Ed Baumeister
Subject : Keywords Busing for school integration - Federal law enforcement Busing for school integration - Police Busing for school integration - Press conferences Busing for school integration - School attendance Busing for school integration - School faculty Busing for school integration - School improvement programs Busing for school integration - Violence - Busing for school integraton - Protest English High School King Middle School Police School faculty School superintendents South Boston High School Subject : Personal Names Baumeister, Ed Brady, Pat Brinn, Ron DiGrazia, Robert Fahey, Marion Foley, Ann Meade, Peter Murphy, Robert Perullo, Dr. Louis Power, Frank Reid, Dr. William Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Antioch University Boston School Department Massachusetts State Police Department National Guard Tactical Patrol Force (TPF) University of Massachusetts US Marshals Subject : Geographic Locations South Boston (Boston, Mass.) Type : Genre News - Television special |
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