The school district and Board of Education are presently staving off a lawsuit filed by the City Attorney regarding those sclerotic reopening plans. And there is the ongoing misery regarding the city’s shuttered schools, spaced-out Zoom students, declining enrollment and the school board’s deliberate decision to not hire a consultant to form pandemic plans. There was the vote to remove the merit-based entrance system at Lowell High School. There was the vote to rename 44 schools despite provably shoddy historical research, an arbitrary and sloppy process from the renaming committee - and despite the fact all the schools are closed. There was the polarizing decision to paint over murals at George Washington High School depicting our founding father as the slave-owner and Indian-fighter he was.
The Board of Education has been in the headlines a bit even prior to the pandemic, and these were not flattering headlines. today, and it remains to be seen how good and pleasant that will be. The next Board of Education meeting is slated for 3 p.m. This is neither good nor pleasant company for Collins to find herself in.
