What are your thoughts on school food? School closings? The budget?

Post date: Mar 17, 2015 1:58:47 AM

Tell it!

1) Take a minute to complete this survey about school food and/or email SchoolFoodBoston@bostonpublicschools.org

2) Student created petition about the proposed school closings:

Please sign and share this petition the West Roxbury Academy Student Government created to Mayor Marty Walsh, Mayor, Michael Flaherty, City Councilor, and 20 others which says: "We are fighting for the schools we deserve. We believe in our education, our schools, and our communities and are raising awareness about the unfair proposal to close our schools without any plan or process. Instead of closing our schools, we should be fully funding and investing in them. "

Please click here to sign: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/we-matter-save-our-schools?source=c.em.cp&r_by=12682870

3) From the Boston Education Justice Alliance: Testify about the budget cuts this Thursday

To testify about how budget cuts are hurting your school, please come out this Thursday, March 19th. Here's our message:

• 1. Don’t close the schools

  2. Create a transparent and collaborative process to identify solutions to the budget crisis

  3. Increase the budget

  4. Advocate for increased revenue in the city

If you testify, please start with “I am here because we need the schools our communities deserve.”

We will have stickers and signs--Please try to be there by 5:30pm on the 19th at English High School!

Possible social media hashtags: #schoolswedeserve #saveourschools