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 [Controversy over school choice plan] Original Airdate: 1/16/1989 Length: 00:03:31 Item Type: newstape - edited story master Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Meg Vaillancourt reports on controversy over a new student assignment plan for the Boston Public Schools. Vaillancourt notes that minority members of the Boston School Committee spoke out against the plan at a breakfast commemorating the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of School Committee members John O'Bryant, Juanita Wade, Jean McGuire, and Gerald Anderson speaking to the media at the breakfast. The four Committee members speak out against the student assignment plan. They do not believe that the plan will provide equitable education for all. Vaillancourt reports that the plan was proposed by Ray Flynn (Mayor of Boston). Vaillancourt notes that the plan will allow parents to choose which schools their children will attend. Vaillancourt interviews Flynn. Flynn defends the proposal. He says the the proposal is supported by parents; he adds that School Committee members have been asked for input on the plan. Vaillancourt also reports that Flynn has proposed the decentralization of the Boston School Department. She adds that Flynn's decentralization proposal would sell off the headquarters of the Boston School Department. Vaillancourt reports that minority members of the School Committee may rescind their support for Dr. Laval Wilson (Superintendent, Boston Public Schools) if he supports Flynn's school choice proposal. Vaillancourt's report is accompanied by footage of city and state officials at the King breakfast, by footage of students and teachers in the Boston Public Schools and by footage of school desegregation in South Boston in 1974. Contributor : Reporter Meg Vaillancourt
Subject : Keywords Busing for school integration - General School boards School choice Subject : Personal Names Anderson, Gerald Dukakis, Michael Flynn, Raymond King, Martin Luther, Jr. Law, Bernard McGuire, Jean O'Bryant, John Stith, Charles Vaillancourt, Meg Wade, Juanita Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Boston School Committee Type : Genre News - Television |
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