The Boston School Committee this week approved the opening of an Alpha School in Boston. I think those comments quoted are of note:
The approval was largely a formality. Under state law, the committee had to evaluate whether Alpha met the basic requirements for a school in Massachusetts, though the board has no supervisory role over private schools.
Superintendent Mary Skipper called those state requirements “fundamentals” that don’t guarantee that a proposed private school will succeed.
“I can say that what lies on paper, and what actually it takes [to] make it successful, are very different things,” Skipper said.
Board members also criticized the state evaluation process because it takes resources from Boston’s public school system.
“We are basically approving competitors at a time when resources are short and parents have needs and the needs are great,” said Jeri Robinson, the committee’s chairperson.
Don't think Boston will be the end of it; my understanding is that they have also applied to open in at least Lexington.
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