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opinion | LAWRENCE HARMON

Finally, getting kids off the bus

New faces tackle Hub school assignments

By Lawrence Harmon

 |  Globe Columnist  

  March 03, 2012

Mayor Menino has promised “a radically different student assignment plan - one that puts a priority on children attending schools closer to their homes.’’ But will Menino’s recently-named 27-member advisory committee help him to deliver on the promise of neighborhood schools or get bogged down instead in the city’s racial politics?

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