WE INTERVIEWED MORE THAN 25 BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES ABOUT SCHOOLS

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You read that headline correctly. 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. We have been recording these for weeks, and even transcribed several responses for print and online. Here’s what we asked everybody who responded (we put in several requests to everyone running for City Council):

What do you believe is the current state of Boston Public Schools? What grade would you give them now? And what grade would you give them when Marty Walsh started four years ago?

And:

What specifically are you going to do to improve schools? How many are you going to visit? What programs would you add or subtract? How much more money, if any, do you think the schools need?

Without further ado, here they are (in no particular order beyond their being parsed by district)…