A blast of confetti filled the night sky Friday as a wild cheer went up from the crowd in West Roxbury: Boston’s Enchanted Trolley Tour and Tree Lightings had begun. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, a glittery elf, and a nutcracker wove through the throng in front of the Roche Family Community Center as Mr. and Mrs. Claus posed for pictures.
But one holiday mainstay was missing: Mayor Thomas M. Menino remained at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, where he is undergoing physical therapy after an upper respiratory infection and a blood clot that traveled from his leg to his lungs landed him in a hospital bed in October.
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All Bostonians hope our that our Mayor is well enough to be home with his family on Christmas. Boston parents are pleased to know that the Public School Assignment Policy is being discussed, and the conclusion should be to end busing by 9/2014. If per pupil costs are $12,000? and if high school students use public transportation, that leaves 38,000 (?) that are bused at a cost of $100,000 million per year? Or +/- $2,600 per child, or $14,600 total? Rhetorically speaking, we could place them all in private school, or rent seats in neighboring towns if close enough to walk. Why change from 5 Zones to 3, or vice versa, rather than impose comprehensive solution; the final plan is to restore our neighborhood schools, so we might as well just get it over with. If some schools require improvement, expansion, etc. the cost can be off-set by ending busing. The the fact is that Boston residents move to the suburbs after kindergarten years, and countless people choose not to move to Boston because of busing.