We really did sit down with 27 candidates for Boston City Council—from at-large contenders to those trying for district seats—to ask about Boston Public Schools.
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TWO QS ON SCHOOLS: DOMINGOS DAROSA: (BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE, AT-LARGE)
"These things aren’t happening. Why? Because one department won’t work with the next department."
TWO QS ON SCHOOLS: ERICA TRITTA (BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE, D2)
"It’s difficult to know how much the schools need, but I’d like to say as much as possible. Children need to be able to access education."
TWO QS ON SCHOOLS: RUFUS FAULK (BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE, D7)
"We’re leaving the education of our children to BPS when it should be a citywide initiative."
TWO QS ON SCHOOLS: LYDIA EDWARDS (BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE, D1)
"I don’t know that there’s a grading system you can give because the schools vary so much, and my concern about standardized assessment of all the schools in general is that they don’t account for all of the differences the schools have."
TWO QS ON SCHOOLS: JOSEPH WILEY (BOSTON MAYORAL CANDIDATE)
"The politicians that I admire the most have entered office with specific goals in mind. There are issues they wanted to confront and attack, and those were their main focus."
INTRODUCING: THE BRAWL FOR CITY HALL
An introduction to our coverage of races in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and beyond