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Article: Neighborhood schools advocate says some are `below hopeless'
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 11, 1998
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In a pitch to return the city to walk-to schools, the head of a
pro-neighborhood-school group told the City Council yesterday that
some Boston schools are so dismal they are "below hopeless."
Using her group's own rating system, Ann Walsh, head of Boston's
Children First, said most schools range in the "poor" to "hopeless"
categories, and that neighborhood schools would spark more parental
involvement, leading to improved programs.
After the meeting, Boston School Superintendent Thomas W. Payzant
called the report "invalid" and said it "distorted" test results that
were released last year. Walsh used 1997 citywide scores on the
Stanford 9 tests for her rating system.
"Anyone who categorizes ...