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Casey Demolition Inspires Local Children’s Theatre Production

By Chris Helms on March 10, 2016
Casey Demolition Inspires Local Children’s Theatre ProductionStudents from the Neighborhood School on Peter Parley Road in Jamaica Plain were inspired by the demolition of the Casey Overpass to create a play (with music and dance) that looks creatively at transportation and neighborhood design decisions. The play, Changing Lanes, will be performed at Roxbury Community College’s Media Arts Center on March 11th and 12th.
Students from the Neighborhood School on Peter Parley Road in Jamaica Plain were inspired by the demolition of the Casey Overpass to create a play (with music and dance) that looks creatively at transportation and neighborhood design decisions. The play, Changing Lanes, will be performed at Roxbury Community College’s Media Arts Center on March 11th and 12th.
Students from the Neighborhood School on Peter Parley Road in Jamaica Plain were inspired by the demolition of the Casey Overpass to create a play (with music and dance) that looks creatively at transportation and neighborhood design decisions. The play, Changing Lanes, will be performed at Roxbury Community College’s Media Arts Center on March 11th and 12th.

When students and teachers at the Neighborhood School, a K1-6 school in Jamaica Plain, returned to school last September, they had all noted a change in the fabric of the community. The demolition of the Casey Overpass had begun over the summer and the construction of new surface roads brought daily traffic jams that touched almost everyone in our community.

Councilor Pressley Leading Discussion on Boston Public School Cuts at Doyle’s

Councilor Pressley Leading Discussion on Boston Public School Cuts at Doyle’s

By David Ertischek on March 7, 2016

As Boston Public School students protest budget cuts to their schools, elected officials are also trying to fight for public schools. On Tuesday night At-Large City Councilor Ayanna Pressley will lead a community conversation at Doyle’s Cafe in Jamaica Plain to discuss Boston Public Schools budget cuts, unified enrollment and the continued expansion of charter schools.

Families and Students to Protest Mayor Walsh’s State of the City Address

By David Ertischek on January 18, 2016

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is expected to talk about how public schools can thrive in the city during his 2016 State of the City Address on Tuesday night. But a coalition of families, students, educators, community members and groups will be outside before Walsh’s address protesting forecasted school budget shortfalls.

St. Sebastian’s School Students Named to Honor Roll

By Chris Helms on November 22, 2015

(Needham) – William L. Burke III, Headmaster of St. Sebastian’s School in Needham has announced the Honor Roll recipients for the first quarter of the 2015-2016 school year.

Jamaica Plain Parents Listen, Question, Learn About Boston Compact

By Richard Heath on November 15, 2015

There will be no school closings. Charter schools will not supplant public schools.

Boston’s Chief of Education Rahn Dorsey and Boston Compact Chief Collaborator Rachel Weinstein made those two statements clear at the sixth in a series of neighborhood meetings this fall to test out the idea of uniform enrollment and receive feedback from parents.

English High School Students Finally Get MCAS Results

By David Ertischek on October 25, 2015

Every single high school student in Massachusetts got results of their MCAS about a month ago — except for the students of English High School in Jamaica Plain.  But finally this week the Department of Elementary Second Education finally released the test results. The Boston Globe reports that state officials have not said why they held back the results, only saying that there were some anomalies with the results.

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