Boston Globe: Déjà vu all over again for the Boston Public Schools
By Marcela Garcia — September 18, 2023
Sometimes a few essential truths emerge amid the minutiae that the Boston School Committee discusses during its hours-long sessions.
At Wednesday’s public meeting — the first in-person one since the pandemic began more than three years ago — the committee, among other items, completed Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper’s first annual performance evaluation, grading her as “proficient” and giving her a salary increase. Before the vote, Committee Chairwoman Jeri Robinson offered what seemed to be an unscripted reflection on the sorry state of affairs in the district…