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School Committee Chair: Federal Government Must Maintain Funding for Boston Public Schools

School Committee Chair: Federal Government Must Maintain Funding for Boston Public Schools

By David Ertischek on May 13, 2019

The last time I visited a Congressional office, I sat at the knee of the Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill. He gave me a Celtics pennant, which (rumor had it) was given to him by Red Auerbach following the Celtics championship run earlier that year. It was 1986, and I was eight years old.

Q&A: School Committee Chair on Start & End Times, School Selection Process and Busing

By David Ertischek on March 22, 2018

Michael Loconto was elected chairperson of the Boston Public School Committee in the beginning of 2018. As a parent of three school-age children he has a keen perspective of the school system. He answered questions from Jamaica Plain News about library services for schools, his relationship with Mayor Martin Walsh and more.