The New Boston public schools: privatized and
gentrified
Nov 26, 2006 15:00 | City Services
Mayor Menino
and his School Committee have succeeded in abdicating
from their obligation for public education. Where the
new gentry are moving in, they just raise their own
money, and let the City off
the hook. And now, the donors are worrying about
diversity -- alas, they can't seem to recruit
enough poor families of color into the school!
What's going to happen to schools in neighborhoods that can't raise millions of dollars by making generous donations and tapping their professional contacts? They will be third-world holding pens for the economically doomed.
We are recreating (reinforcing, actually) the urban-surburban split right here, within the city limits. No need for white flight; move the private money around and the people will follow.
This is what will happen to all our public services, if our elected officials have their way. It's already happening in parks -- see previous blog. If you can afford a decent community, make one. The rest of you will get what you obviously deserve....
But .....where do our huge property tax payments go, as the City provides less and less...?
What's going to happen to schools in neighborhoods that can't raise millions of dollars by making generous donations and tapping their professional contacts? They will be third-world holding pens for the economically doomed.
We are recreating (reinforcing, actually) the urban-surburban split right here, within the city limits. No need for white flight; move the private money around and the people will follow.
This is what will happen to all our public services, if our elected officials have their way. It's already happening in parks -- see previous blog. If you can afford a decent community, make one. The rest of you will get what you obviously deserve....
But .....where do our huge property tax payments go, as the City provides less and less...?
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