boston public schools

Anger over a controversial proposal by the Boston School Committee to close at least 13 schools has protesters readying their picket signs. The Committee and Boston Mayor Thomas Merino say the closures have to happen due to a $63 million budget deficit. However, the Boston Teachers Union, furious parents, and outraged community members say the district's more interested in cutting deals with charter school officials than saving the city's traditional public schools.

The union and parents ripped the district last week over the revelation that secret meetings took place with charter school operators offering them the chance to lease the schools up for closure—all before parents and students were told shuttering those campuses was on the table.