The editorial “School plans tweak status quo, when bold change is needed” (Jan. 29) is based on the premise that neighborhood schools will solve the woes of underperforming schools. There is no evidence that this is true.
Neighborhood schools may increase parent involvement and local business support in some schools, but in Boston’s most disadvantaged communities, this will not be the case. In fact, for many of the city’s underperforming schools, more than 60 percent of families come from the neighborhood, yet parents face too many stressors and businesses face too many debts to be the elixir that will solve these schools’ ills.
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There wouldn't be enough schools if the PBS system were to go to neighborhood schools. A huge number of students going to private schools would enroll in their neighborhood school and the system would no be able to sustain the influx.
The real question is, why is your local school substandard? If the school in your neighborhood is sub-standard, then why not try to fix it. If your neighborhood is substandard, move.