The Boston City Council is expected to begin discussions this month about the next steps in governance reform for the Boston School Committee, which is currently appointed by the Mayor. However, Boston residents voted overwhelmingly in 2021 to restore an elected school committee and advocates are pressing to make swift changes to take effect this year.
This week, the Reporter features two different viewpoints on the subject from longtime political and education leaders in the city, Mukiya Baker-Gomez— who supports an immediate return to an elected body— and Ellen Guiney, who says that the school committee should be abolished altogether.
Guiney: Let’s just abolish the School Committee
Baker-Gomez: It’s time to return to an Elected School Committee— immediately
