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Video: State Sen. Chang-Diaz on Question 2

By David Ertischek on October 2, 2016
Video: State Sen. Chang-Diaz on Question 2Sen. Sonia Chang-Díaz, D-Jamaica Plain, represents the Second Suffolk seat.

One of the most talked-about statewide ballot question in this November’s election is Question 2, which asks Massachusetts residents if the cap on charter schools should be lifted. If the measure passes, more charter schools could be created in the state.

Jamaica Plain resident State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, D-Boston, is the chair of the state’s Committee on Education. Jamaica Plain News was able to speak with Chang-Diaz during the recent JP Music Festival and asked her opinion of Question 2.

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.